lynching
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 8
/ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Definition of lynching
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
“The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.”
“Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.”
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noun
-
Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
“The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.”
“Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of lynch
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From lynch + -ing, see lynch.
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