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lynch
lynch [ linch ] (3rd person present singular lynches, present participle lynching, past and past participle lynched)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
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
[Early 19th century. <lynch law]

lyncher noun
lynching noun
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