lynching en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From lynch + -ing, see lynch.
Meanings
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Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.
2012, Sarah Boslaugh, “Atlanta, Georgia”, in Wilbur R. Miller, editor, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia, Sage Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 74:The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.
1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lynchings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
lynch · show trial · kangaroo court
Translations (29)
cmn 私刑 (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · fr lynchage (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · tr linç etme (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · sh ли̏нч (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · ja 私刑 (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · ru линчева́ние (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · sh lȉnč (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · ja リンチ (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · fi lynkkaus (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · pt linchagem (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · cmn 私罰 /私罚 (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · hu lincselés (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · el λιντσάρισμα (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · ko 린치 (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · ru самосу́д (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · es linchamiento (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · pt linchamento (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · sv lynchning (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · pl lyncz (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · pl samosąd (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · el αυτοδικία (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · de Lynchjustiz (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · el λυντσάρισμα (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · ko 사형 (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · pl lincz (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · pl lynch (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · gl linchamento (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · ru суд Ли́нча (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands) · lt li̇̀nčas (execution of a person without a proper legal trial — see also vigilantism, taking the law into one's own hands)