Associations to the word «Lynch»

Wiktionary

LYNCH, verb. (pejorative) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging.
LYNCH, noun. Alternative form of linch
LYNCH, proper noun. A surname​.
LYNCH LAW, noun. The practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial
LYNCH MOB, noun. A group of vigilantes intent on lynching someone.
LYNCH MOBS, noun. Plural of lynch mob

Dictionary definition

LYNCH, verb. Kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne