Look up: lynching

1. lynching
   [n] - putting to death by mob action without due process of law
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2. lynching
   Killing of an alleged offender by an individual or group having no legal authority. In the USA it originated in 1780 with creation of a `committee of vigilance` in Virginia; it is named after a...
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3. lynching
   noun putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
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4. Lynching
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lynch
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5. lynching
   a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting ... [6 related articles]
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6. lynching
   lynching, unlawfully hanging or otherwise killing a person by mob action. The term is derived from the older term lynch law, which is most likely named after either Capt. William Lynch (1742–1820), of Pittsylvania co., Va., or Col. Charles Lynch (1736–96), of neighboring Bedford (later C...
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7. lynching
   Killing of an alleged offender by an individual or group having no legal authority. In the USA it originated in 1780 with creation of a `committee of vigilance` in Virginia; it is named after a member of that committee, Captain William Lynch, to whom is attributed `Lynch's law`. Later examples occurred mostly in the Sout...
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8. Lynching
   `Lynching` is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people. It is related to other means of social control that ar...
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