lynch mobn.

Brit.

/ˈlɪn(t)ʃ mɒb/, U.S.

/ˈlɪn(t)ʃ ˌmɑb/

Forms: 1800s– lynch mob, 1900s– linch mob (rare and nonstandard). Also (in early use) with capital initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Lynch , mob n.²

Etymology: < the name of Lynch (see lynch law n.) + mob n.²

A crowd of people carrying out or intent on a lynching. Also in extended or hyperbolic use. Cf. lynch v.

ΚΠ

1836 Bucks Herald 17 Sept. If the [American] government cannot put down the anarchy of the ‘Lynch’ mobs..it will itself be put down by the democratic licentiousness which it allows to revel in the work of cruelty and blood!

1874 N. Bartlett Soldier's Story of War ix. 65 At another place was a crowd organized into a Lynch mob, and administering justice to thieves detected in stealing, with the lash.

1952 Times 30 June 5/4 There are amateurs and professionals at work in our country blasting the reputations of innocent people and undermining our democratic values. They are to-day's lynch mob.

2015 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 30 Apr. 15 Protests are not the same as a lynch mob, and to conflate the two diminishes the painful history of this country [sc. the United States] and unfairly slanders the citizens who have taken to the streets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lynch mob
释义	lynch mobn. Brit. /ˈlɪn(t)ʃ mɒb/, U.S. /ˈlɪn(t)ʃ ˌmɑb/ Forms: 1800s– lynch mob, 1900s– linch mob (rare and nonstandard). Also (in early use) with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Lynch , mob n.² Etymology: < the name of Lynch (see lynch law n.) + mob n.² A crowd of people carrying out or intent on a lynching. Also in extended or hyperbolic use. Cf. lynch v. ΚΠ 1836 Bucks Herald 17 Sept. If the [American] government cannot put down the anarchy of the ‘Lynch’ mobs..it will itself be put down by the democratic licentiousness which it allows to revel in the work of cruelty and blood! 1874 N. Bartlett Soldier's Story of War ix. 65 At another place was a crowd organized into a Lynch mob, and administering justice to thieves detected in stealing, with the lash. 1952 Times 30 June 5/4 There are amateurs and professionals at work in our country blasting the reputations of innocent people and undermining our democratic values. They are to-day's lynch mob. 2015 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 30 Apr. 15 Protests are not the same as a lynch mob, and to conflate the two diminishes the painful history of this country [sc. the United States] and unfairly slanders the citizens who have taken to the streets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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