Definition

• n. the illegal killing of someone by a mob, usually by hanging

Example

The museum exhibit documented the history of lynching in that era.

博物馆的展览记录了那个年代私刑处死的历史。

Word mapViolent crimes

massacreL4

slaughterL4lynchingmanslaughterL5

assassinationL6

Word familylynch-

v.

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