lynch

• Verbe signifiant tuer quelqu'un, notamment par pendaison, pour un crime présumé sans procès, en général perpétré par une foule.

A verb meaning to kill someone, especially by hanging, for an alleged offense without a legal trial, typically carried out by a mob.

1. Kill without legal sanctionC1formal

   To execute someone, typically by hanging, without a lawful trial, often as a form of mob justice.

   Lyncher

   • The mob threatened to lynch the accused man before the sheriff arrived.
   • Historically, many innocent people were lynched due to racial prejudice.
   • The community was horrified by the plan to lynch the prisoner.

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