Lynch

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• to lynch

  To condemn and execute in obedience to the decree of a multitude or mob, without a legal trial; some...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Piozzi, Hester Lynch (Salusbury)

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin