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lynch

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lynch  (lnch)
tr.v. lynched, lynch·ing, lynch·es
To execute without due process of law, especially to hang, as by a mob.
[Short for lynch law.]
lyncher n.
lynching n.
lynch
Verb
(of a mob) to kill (a person) for some supposed offence without a trial [after Captain William Lynch of Virginia, US]
lynching n
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Verb1.lynch - kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
Translations

lynch [lɪntʃ] vt → linchar
lynch [lɪntʃ] vt → lyncher
lynch [lɪntʃ] vt → lynchen
lynch [lɪntʃ] vt → linciare


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Raoul decided to interview Captain Lynch on the subject, but when he arrived at that ancient mariner's house, he found him looking wide-eyed at the barometer.
South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context
Had he exerted a little of the Lynch law of the wilderness, and hanged those dexterous horsemen in their own lasos, it would but have been a well-merited and salutary act of retributive justice.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
em say that if he was to get free they'd lynch him.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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