Lynching
['lɪntʃɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lynch
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Examples
- He does in wars, in racial and religious persecutions; he did in the Spain of the Inquisition; he does in the American lynching. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- History can be all things to all men: nothing is easier than to summon the Terror, the Commune, lynchings in the Southern States, as witnesses to the excesses and hysterias of the mob. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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