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LYNCHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lynching mean?
• LYNCHING (noun)
The noun LYNCHING has 1 sense:
1. putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
Familiarity information: LYNCHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lynching" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
Derivation:
lynch (kill without legal sanction)
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