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lynching |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lynch \Lynch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lynched}; p. pr & vb n. {Lynching}.] [See Note under {Lynch law}.] To inflict punishment upon especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See {Lynch law}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lynching n : putting to death by mob action without due process of law
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