单词 | lynch law |
释义 | lynch law n. The practice of lynching: "the injustices suffered by black citizens—disfranchisement, lynch law and mob rule" (Scot French). [Probably after Charles Lynch (1736-1796), American militiaman and justice of the peace who held summary extralegal trials and whippings of supposed Tory sympathizers in Virginia during the American Revolution.] |
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