A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
2. countable noun
You can refer to a group of people as a lynch mob if they are very angry with someone because they believe that person has done something bad or wrong.
Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for evendaring to consider higher interest rates.
lynch mob in British English
(lɪntʃ mɒb)
noun
1.
a group of people who condemn and punish a person without a fair trial
He claimed that they had been the victims of a racist lynch mob.
2.
a group of people who criticize someone severely and try to bring about the person's downfall
Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for evendaring to consider higher interest rates.
It is in the public interest that sleaze is exposed. But it's time to call off thelynch mob.