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- Dictionarylynch/lɪn(t)ʃ/
verb
- 1. (of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging: "her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit"
- 2. severely criticize or condemn (someone). informal
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LYNCH definition: 1. If a crowd of people lynch someone who they believe is guilty of a crime, they kill them without…. Learn more.
- English (US)
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- Traditional
LYNCH translate: 用私刑處死（通常指絞刑）. Learn more in the Cambridge...
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- English (US)
The meaning of LYNCH is to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission. How to use lynch in a sentence.
Lynch definition: to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority. See examples of LYNCH used in a sentence.
If a group of people lynch someone, they kill that person without letting them have a trial, especially by hanging, because they believe that the person has committed a crime. An enraged crowd went to the local prison determined to lynch the people detained there.
The origins of the word lynch are obscure, but it likely originated during the American Revolution. The verb comes from the phrase Lynch Law, a term for a punishment without trial.
To lynch is to murder, or unlawfully kill. When an angry mob kills someone they believe is guilty of a crime, they lynch that person. Through history, when a group of people murders someone, especially by hanging him by the neck, they are usually said to lynch him.
Verb. 1. 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".
