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LYNCH MOB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lynch mob mean?
• LYNCH MOB (noun)
The noun LYNCH MOB has 1 sense:
1. a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority
Familiarity information: LYNCH MOB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("lynch mob" is a kind of...):
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