lynch

🇺🇸 /lɪntʃ/ 🇬🇧 /lɪntʃ/
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verb
R

To kill someone for an alleged crime without a legal trial, usually by hanging.

The mob decided to lynch the suspected thief without giving him a chance to prove his innocence.

translation

v. To kill someone for an alleged crime without a legal trial, usually by hanging.

Word Forms

3rd Present lynches
Past lynched
Perfect lynched
Progressive lynching

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