Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of executing lynch-law upon a person; the killing of a person by a mob under pretense of summary justice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Execution of a person by
mob action without due process of law, especiallyhanging - noun Any act of
violence inflicted by amob upon the body of another person. - verb Present participle of
lynch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
Etymologies
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Examples
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That is why so many took to the social networks and used the term lynching without apology.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kevin Powell 2011
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COOPER: Roland, Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush used the term lynching today.
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COOPER: Roland, the Illinois congressman Bobby Rush used the term lynching today.
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The term lynching means to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction.
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The term lynching means to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction.
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The term lynching means to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction.
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What with all the blather about litmus tests, I just hope that the President will not nominate another fool who thinks that a lynching is an event that its victim walks awayfrom.
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AMANPOUR: Nobody would condone what you described as the lynching this morning.
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This attempted media "lynching" is getting way out of hand.
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A lynching is not an event that the subject thereof walks away from.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
GHibbs commented on the word lynching
My adjectival use: 'The lynching mob killed hundreds of people.'
August 22, 2011