lynching

From lynch +‎ -ing, see lynch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/

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lynching (plural lynchings)

1. Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
   • 1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes:

     The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.

   • 2012, Sarah Boslaugh, “Atlanta, Georgia”, in Wilbur R. Miller, editor, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia, Sage Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 74:

     Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.

• lynch
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lynching

1. present participle and gerund of lynch