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lynchable en · ADJ

Etymology

From lynch + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Punishable by lynching.
   • Why the group lynched Vega remains unclear, but the fact that a Catholic Mexican had murdered a Protestant Anglo minister, no matter what the political motivations, placed Vega outside the bounds of civilized society and made him lynchable and punishable by mob rule. 2002, Maria E. Montoya, Translating Property:
   • a lynchable offence