The meaning of Lynch

Lynch – definition

verb
(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.
Usage examples:
Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit
Synonims:
Hang Hang by the neck Execute Put to death Kill Murder String up Do in Bump off Knock off Slay Gibbet
verb
Severely criticize or condemn (someone).

verb
(of a group of people) to kill someone who has not been found guilty of a crime at a legal trial, esp. by hanging (= killed using a rope around the neck)

Lynch translation into English

Lynch: translate from English into Chinese

私刑

Lynch: translate from English into Dutch

Lynchen

Lynch: translate from English into French

Lyncher, Lynchage

Lynch: translate from English into German

Lynchen

Lynch: translate from English into Hindi

वध करना, सज़ा, बिना मुकदमे मार डालना, बिना वैध निर्णय के मार डालना, बिना विधिवत न्याय किए दंड देना, मारपीट करना

Lynch: translate from English into Italian

Linciare

Lynch: translate from English into Korean

사형, 린치를 가하다

Lynch: translate from English into Russian

Линчевать, Расправляться самосудом

Lynch: translate from English into Spanish

Linchar

Word origin

mid 19th century: from Lynch's law, named after Capt. William Lynch, head of a self-constituted judicial tribunal in Virginia c. 1780.

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Lynch – similar words

lynched

verb
(of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.
Usage examples:
Her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit

verb
Past simple and past participle of lynch

All meanings and translations of Lynched

Lynch synonims

execute

verb
Put (a plan, order, or course of action) into effect.
Usage examples:
The corporation executed a series of financial deals

verb
To do or perform something planned
Usage examples:
Now that we have approval, we can go ahead and execute the plan.

verb
To do or perform something in a planned way
Usage examples:
Local authority officials will check that the work is being executed according to the plans submitt…

All meanings and translations of Execute

gibbet

noun
A gallows.
Usage examples:
A keen historian he also spent considerable time searching for items of historical interest and eve…

verb
Hang up (a body) on a gibbet.
Usage examples:
Hangings were public affairs and sometimes the bodies were gibbeted - left on the noose after death…

noun
A wooden structure from which criminals were hanged, in the past, as a form of execution (= killing as a punishment)

All meanings and translations of Gibbet

hang

verb
Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.
Usage examples:
That's where people are supposed to hang their washing

noun
A downward droop or bend.
Usage examples:
The bullish hang of his head

exclamation
Used to express a range of strong emotions from enthusiasm to anger.
Usage examples:
Hang, but i loved those soldiers!

All meanings and translations of Hang

kill

kɪl

verb
Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
Usage examples:
Her father was killed in a car crash

noun
An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.
Usage examples:
A lion has made a kill

noun
(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.
Usage examples:
Kill van kull

All meanings and translations of Kill

murder

noun
The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Usage examples:
The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb
Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
Usage examples:
He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

All meanings and translations of Murder

slay

verb
Kill (a person or animal) in a violent way.
Usage examples:
St george slew the dragon

noun
Variant spelling of sley.

noun
A tool used in weaving to force the weft into place.

All meanings and translations of Slay

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