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| lynch [ linch ] (past and past participle lynched, present participle lynch·ing, 3rd person present singular lynch·es) |
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murder for supposed crime: to seize somebody believed to have committed a crime and put him or her to death immediately and without trial, usually by hanging
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| [Early 19th century. <lynch law] |
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