lynched; lynching; lynches
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission
The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob.
lyncher
noun
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And Friday, a Texas man identified by federal prosecutors as a member of an anti-Semitic hate group charged with threatening to lynch and kill Nashville's district attorney.
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ABC News, 22 Sep. 2024
She was later pronounced dead at the same hospital that William K. Donnegan, a shoemaker and underground railroad conductor who was lynched during the 1908 Springfield Race Riot.
—Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
Then in 1921, Alpha Kappa Alpha sent a telegram to President Warren G. Harding, urging the administration to back a bill that would have made lynching a federal crime, according to AKA’s website.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 25 July 2024
Two Black men were lynched during the riot and their deaths fueled calls to start a national movement for political and racial justice that ultimately led to the creation of the oldest civil rights organization in the country: the NAACP.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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ABC News, 22 Sep. 2024
She was later pronounced dead at the same hospital that William K. Donnegan, a shoemaker and underground railroad conductor who was lynched during the 1908 Springfield Race Riot.
—Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
Then in 1921, Alpha Kappa Alpha sent a telegram to President Warren G. Harding, urging the administration to back a bill that would have made lynching a federal crime, according to AKA’s website.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 25 July 2024
Two Black men were lynched during the riot and their deaths fueled calls to start a national movement for political and racial justice that ultimately led to the creation of the oldest civil rights organization in the country: the NAACP.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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lynch
verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal authority
lyncher
noun
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lynch
transitive verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction
lyncher
noun
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