Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
lynch
IPA transcription: [l'ɪntʃ]
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
lynch
Meaning:
kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
Usage examples
His name was Lynch and he was a lieutenant in the American Navy.
One was seeking to have his enemy done to death, the other was apparently trying to stir up his supporters to an act of "Lynch law".
At the close of the Mexican War, our Government permitted Lieutenant Lynch to take ten seamen and two small boats and make this exploration.
"That's a frozen fact, sir," cried Clyne, "and both Lyddy and I want to lynch the reptile as did it; but we neither of us know who laid him out."