The meaning of Lynchings

Lynchings – 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

noun
The act of killing someone without a legal trial, usually by hanging (= killing using a rope around the neck)
Usage examples:
At the time, lynchings were commonplace., she wrote about the travesty of racially motivated lynchi…

Lynchings translation into English

Lynchings: translate from English into Chinese

私刑

Lynchings: translate from English into Dutch

Lynchpartijen

Lynchings: translate from English into French

Lynchages

Lynchings: translate from English into German

Lynchmorde, Lynchen

Lynchings: translate from English into Hindi

लिंचिंग

Lynchings: translate from English into Italian

Linciaggi, Linciaggio

Lynchings: translate from English into Korean

린치

Lynchings: translate from English into Russian

Линчевания, Самосуд, Линчевание

Lynchings: translate from English into Spanish

Linchamientos

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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Lynchings – similar words

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)

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Lynchings synonims

do in

də

phrasal verb
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

phrasal verb
To tire someone
Usage examples:
That five-mile hike did me in., a couple of key losses did the team in.

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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…

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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!

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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

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murder

ˈmɜː.dər

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

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