lynch
verb
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lynched;
lynching;
lynches
Definition of lynch
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission
The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob.
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Examples of lynch in a Sentence
The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob.
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But one of the men who was a child at the time and grew up in that little town said that my father had seen two black men lynched on his street. — The New Yorker, "Toni Morrison on Her Last Novel and the Voices of Her Characters," 7 Aug. 2019 In addition, white supremacists lynched nearly 100 black people and initiated dozens of smaller racist clashes throughout the country in 1919. — Ursula Wolfe-rocca, Teen Vogue, "The Red Summer of 1919, Explained," 8 Apr. 2019 Houston would be the first of 30 people lynched in Jefferson County between 1883 and 1940. — John Hammontree | Jhammontree@al.com, al.com, "Could a new monument heal Jefferson County’s racial divide?," 22 July 2019 Nearly 99 years after he was dragged from the Orange County Jail, beaten, shot and lynched as a warning to black citizens who dared vote, July Perry was memorialized Friday in downtown Orlando as a reminder of the region’s racist sins. — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, "Downtown marker memorializes July Perry, lynched in Orlando nearly a century ago," 21 June 2019 Catalyst Remembering the Red Summer Hundreds of black children, women, and men were murdered during the long, hot summer of 1919, set upon by white mobs in small towns and large cities, lynched, shot, burned alive, hanged, beaten. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "The FBI Is Still So White: raceAhead," 24 July 2019 Some members are from the South and know of people who have been lynched or run out of their homes. — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The man who found a noose outside a Brookfield home says police are 'downplaying hate crime' possibility," 19 July 2019 Clubs: Newcastle United & Sunderland Bruce was lynched for signing on at Villa by both his new supporters and those of Birmingham, whereas Clough and Mourinho were given the benefit of the doubt by fans of their respective sides. — SI.com, "7 Football Managers Who Have Taken Charge of Fierce Rivals," 15 July 2019 Syed Ali, vice president of the Indian American Council, said members of the Hindu nationalist group Hindutva have lynched dozens of Muslims in the last five years. — Maria Elena Vizcaino MarÃa Méndez, Dallas News, "Muslims in North Texas protest religious violence in India," 14 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lynch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for lynch
lynch
verb
English Language Learners Definition of lynch
: to kill (someone) illegally as punishment for a crime
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lynch
transitive verb
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Legal Definition of lynch
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction
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