Lynch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To execute without due process of law, especially to hang, as by a mob.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging.
  • v. To commit an act of violence by a mob upon the body of another person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See lynch law.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See linch.
  • To punish by lynch-law; punish summarily, for a crime or public offense of any kind, without authority of law; specifically, to punish with death in this manner. See lynch-law.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. kill without legal sanction
  • Verb Form
    lynched    lynches    lynching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kill   
    Variant
    lynch law   
    Form
    lynched    lynching   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    string up   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Minch    cinch    clinch    finch    flinch    grinch    hinch    inch    kinch    linch