OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23077

lynching

/ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
linchamiento
Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.
The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.
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