Lynch (Verb)
Meaning
Kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- A group of angry villagers lynched the man who was accused of arson, without giving him a chance to defend himself.
- The angry mob lynched the politician who was accused of corruption, as they considered the courts to be ineffective.
- The rampaging crowd lynched the alleged thief, taking the law into their own hands.
- In the absence of a functional justice system, the community lynched the man who was accused of murder.
- The enraged family members lynched the suspect who was accused of killing their relative, outside the courtroom.