- lynching
- Putting a person to death, usually by hanging, ostensibly for the commission of a crime, but without authority of law.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
lynching
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lynching — lynch·ing n 1: the crime of lynching a person 2: lynch law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
lynching — [n] hanging capital punishment, execution, mob justice*, stringing up*, the gallows*, vigilante justice; concept 252 … New thesaurus
Lynching — Lynch mob redirects here. For the rock band, see Lynch Mob (band). For the rap group, see Da Lench Mob. An African American hanged to death in a lynching, 1925 … Wikipedia
lynching — See lyncher. * * * Execution of a presumed offender by a mob without trial, under the pretense of administering justice. It sometimes involves torturing the victim and mutilating the body. Lynching has often occurred under unsettled social… … Universalium
lynching — noun a) Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially hanging The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot. mdash; Jerry Stokes by b) Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon… … Wiktionary
Lynching — Lynch Lynch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lynched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lynching}.] [See Note under {Lynch law}.] To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See {Lynch law}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lynching — noun Lynching is used before these nouns: ↑victim … Collocations dictionary
Lynching in the United States — is the practice in the 19th and 20th centuries of the humiliation and killing of people by mobs acting outside the law. These murders, most of them unpunished, often took the form of hanging and burning. Mobs sometimes tortured the… … Wikipedia
Lynching of Jesse Washington — A postcard showing the burned body of Jesse Washington on display in Robinson, Texas, seven miles from the place of lynching in Waco. The back reads: This is the barbecue we had last night. My picture is to the left with a cross over it. Your son … Wikipedia
Lynching in Ramallah — police. According to Israeli sources, the men were non combatant reservists on their way to report for duty as drivers [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000 2009/2000/10/Coverage%20of%20Oct%2012%20Lynch%20in%20Ramallah%20by%20Italian%20TV… … Wikipedia
lynching — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hanging, murder, necktie party (sl.); tar and feathering; mob rule, kangaroo court. See punishment, killing. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. hanging, *stringing up, *necktie party, execution, *mob… … English dictionary for students
