lynchable

adj

lynchable

adj

Etymology From lynch + -able.

1

Punishable by lynching.

  • a lynchable offence
  • Why the group lynched Vega remains unclear, but the fact that a Catholic Mexican had murdered a Protestant Anglo minister, no matter what the political motivations, placed Vega outside the bounds of civilized society and made him lynchable and punishable by mob rule.2002, Maria E. Montoya, Translating Property:

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