lynching

English

Etymology

lynch +‎ -ing. See lynch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
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Noun

lynching (plural lynchings)

Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
- 1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes:
  The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.

Related terms

Translations

execution of a person without a proper legal trial

Chinese:
Mandarin: 私刑 (zh) (sīxíng), 私罰／私罚 (zh) (sīfá)
Finnish: lynkkaus (fi)
French: lynchage (fr) m
Galician: linchamento (gl) m
German: Lynchjustiz (de) f
Hungarian: lincselés (hu)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} linciaggio (it) m
Japanese: リンチ (ja) (rinchi), 私刑 (ja) (しけい, shikei)
Korean: 린치 (rinchi), 사형 (ko) (sahyeong)
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
Swedish: lynchning (sv) c
Turkish: linç etme

Verb

lynching

present participle and gerund of lynch

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