Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lynch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lynch \Lynch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lynched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lynching}.] [See Note under {Lynch law}.]
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the
forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected
person. See {Lynch law}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lynch
v : kill without legal sanction; by a mob
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