Lynching

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lynching
       n : putting a person to death by mob action without due process
           of law