lynching

English

Etymology

lynch +‎ -ing. See lynch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪntʃɪŋ/

Noun

lynching (plural lynchings)

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. — Jerry Stokes by Grant Allen

Related terms

Translations

execution of a person without a proper legal trial

Chinese:
Mandarin: 私刑 (zh) (sīxíng), 私罰 (zh), 私罚 (zh) (sīfá)
Finnish: lynkkaus (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} lynchage (fr) m
Galician: linchamento (gl) m
German: Lynchjustiz (de) f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} linciaggio m

Japanese: リンチ (ja) (rinchi), 私刑 (しけい, shikei)
Portuguese: linchamento (pt) m, linchagem f
Russian: самосу́д (ru) m (samosúd), суд Ли́нча m (sud Línča), линчева́ние (ru) n (linčevánije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ли̏нч m

Roman: lȉnč (sh) m
Spanish: linchamiento m

Verb

lynching

present participle of lynch

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