verb · transitive · common

lynch

lynch · lynches · lynched · lynching

линчевать, расправляться самосудом

lynchen

To execute without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed…To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

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/lɪnt͡ʃ/

» Some men were lynched.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
lynchen
линчева́тьlinčevátʹ, расправля́ться самосу́домraspravljátʹsja samosúdom
kill without legal sanction
(broadly, colloquial, transitive)To castigate severely.

Examples

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Some men were lynched.
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Some were lynched.
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They were lynched on the streets.
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The lynching events have only increased since then.
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Lynch is an astrobiologist and geomicrobiologist.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

execute without a proper legal trial — see also take the law into one's own hands, vigilantism:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

execute without a proper legal trial — see also take the law into one's own hands, vigilantism:

Origin

First attested 1835, from Lynch law, which appeared in 1811. There is a popular claim that

First attested 1835, from Lynch law, which appeared in 1811. There is a popular claim that it was named after William Lynch, but equally strong arguments would have it named after Charles Lynch. For the surname, see Lynch. Ultimately a possible doublet of linch.

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