lynching
noun/ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Etymology From lynch + -ing, see lynch.
1
Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
- The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes:
- Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.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:
- Derived terms
- antilynching
- Related terms
- lynch, show trial, kangaroo court