HyperDic: lynching

English > 1 sense of the word *lynching*:
NOUN	act	lynching	putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law

lynching > pronunciation
Sounds	lih'nchihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *lynching*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.
Broader	murder, slaying, execution	unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Spanish	linchamiento
Catalan	linxament
Verbs	lynch	kill without legal sanction