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Definition of lynch verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

lynch

 verb
verb
NAmE//lɪntʃ//
 
lynch somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lynch
 
he / she / it lynches
 
past simple lynched
 
-ing form lynching
 
 
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if a crowd of people lynches someone whom they consider guilty of a crime, they capture them, do not allow them to have a trial in court, and kill them illegally, usually by hanging
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noun [countable, uncountable]See lynch in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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