Lynch

Verb

 * 1) To execute without a proper legal trial, especially by hanging.
 * 2) To commit an act of violence by a mob upon the body of another person.

Synonyms

 * string up

Derived terms

 * lynching
 * lynch mob

Related terms

 * kangaroo court
 * show trial

Adverbs for Lynch
madly; ferociously;  bestially;  insanely; swiftly; horrifyingly; sadistically; heartlessly; cruelly; tigerishly.

Thesaurus
and quarter, annihilate, bereave of life, carry away, carry off, chloroform, cut down, cut off, deprive of life, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do for, do to death, draw, end, execute, exterminate, finish, finish off, gibbet, hang, immolate, kill, launch into eternity, liquidate, make away with, martyr, martyrize, neck, noose, poison, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, remove from life, sacrifice, scrag, slay, starve, stretch, string up, take life, take off

Etymology
First attested 1835, from Lynch law that appeared in 1811. There is a popular claim that it was named after William Lynch, but equally strong arguments would have it named after Charles Lynch.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 執行私刑, 执行私刑
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: lynchen
 * Japanese: リンチを加える, 私刑を加える


 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: линчевать, расправляться самосудом
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: линчовати
 * Roman: linčovati
 * Spanish: