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LYNCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lynch mean?
• LYNCH (verb)
The verb LYNCH has 1 sense:
1. kill without legal sanction
Familiarity information: LYNCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they lynch ... he / she / it lynches
Past simple: lynched
Past participle: lynched
-ing form: lynching
... he / she / it lynches Past simple: lynched
Past participle: lynched
-ing form: lynching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kill without legal sanction
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child
Hypernyms (to "lynch" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to lynch the prisoners
Derivation:
lynching (putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law)
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