LYNCH
\lˈɪnt͡ʃ], \lˈɪntʃ], \l_ˈɪ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of LYNCH
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
By Oddity Software
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To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See law.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To punish by lynch law; from Charles Lynch, of Virginia, who took summary measures against malcontents during the Revolutionary war.
By James Champlin Fernald
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linsh, v.t. to judge and punish without the usual forms of law.--n. LYNCH'-LAW (Amer.), a kind of summary justice exercised by the people. [From Charles Lynch (1736-96) of Virginia.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Latin. law (Latin- or l-), procedure of self-constituted illegal court that summarily executes person charged with flagrant offence; Judge L., imaginary authority to whom sentences are attributed; (vb) execute (person) thus. [United States]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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