Lynches - English meaning

Lynches – definitions in English dictionary

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
Severely criticize or condemn (someone).
verb
Severely criticize or condemn (someone).
verb
Severely criticize or condemn (someone).
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)

Lynches translation into English

Lynches: translate from English into Chinese

私刑

Lynches: translate from English into Dutch

Lynchen

Lynches: translate from English into French

Lynches, Lyncher

Lynches: translate from English into German

Lynchen

Lynches: translate from English into Hindi

लिंचेज, वध करना, बिना मुकदमे मार डालना, बिना वैध निर्णय के मार डालना

Lynches: translate from English into Italian

Lincia, Linciare

Lynches: translate from English into Korean

린치, 린치를 가하다

Lynches: translate from English into Russian

Линчует, Линчевать, Расправляться самосудом

Lynches: translate from English into Spanish

Linchamientos, 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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Lynches – 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

Lynched - all meanings in English

lynch

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
(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 - all meanings in English

Lynches 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…

Execute - all meanings in English

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)

Gibbet - all meanings in English

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!

Hang - all meanings in English

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

Kill - all meanings in English

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

Murder - all meanings in English

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.

Slay - all meanings in English

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