lynchverb [ T ]
uk/lɪntʃ/us/lɪntʃ/If a crowd of people lynch someone who they believe is guilty of a crime, they kill them without a legal trial, usually by hanging (= killing using a rope round the neck).
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- mass murder
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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lynching
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈlɪnt.ʃɪŋ/us/ˈlɪnt.ʃɪŋ/