to lynch

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

To condemn and execute in obedience to the decree of a multitude or mob, without a legal trial; sometimes practised in the new settlements in the south-west of the United States.--Worcester.

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Lynch
·vt To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures a...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Lynch law
·- The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without d...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lynch law
An irregular and revengeful species of justice, administered by the populace or a mob, without any l...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lynch-law
A word recently imported into our parlance from America, signifying illegal and revengeful execution...

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch (Salusbury)
(1741-1821) Miscellaneous writer, m. Henry Thrale, a wealthy brewer, and, after his death, Gabriel ...

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