lynching
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lynching (plural lynchings)
- Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
- 1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes:
- The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.
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execution of a person without a proper legal trial
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Verb edit
lynching
- present participle and gerund of lynch