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Noun: lynching  lin-ching
  1. Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
Verb: lynch  linch
  1. Kill without legal sanction
    "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"

Derived forms: lynchings

Type of: execution, kill, murder, slaying

Encyclopedia: Lynching

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