lynch
transitive verbTo punish (a person) without legal process or authority, especially by hanging, for a perceived offense or as an act of bigotry.
nounSee
To punish by lynch-law; punish summarily, for a crime or public offense of any kind, without authority of law; specifically, to punish with death in this manner. See
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See
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kill without legal sanction