LYNCH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they lynch ... he / she / it lynches

Past simple: lynched

Past participle: lynched

-ing form: lynching

Meaning:

Kill without legal sanction

Example:

The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "lynch" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to lynch the prisoners

Derivation:

lynching (putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law)