Definition of LYNCHING. Meaning of LYNCHING. Synonyms of LYNCHING

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word LYNCHING. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word LYNCHING and, of course, LYNCHING synonyms and on the right images related to the word LYNCHING.

Definition of LYNCHING

Lynching
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.

Meaning of LYNCHING from wikipedia

- related to Lynchings. Wikiquote has quotations related to Lynching. Look up lynching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Interactive map of lynchings in the...
- of racial lynching, but in the American Southwest, Mexican Americans were also the targets of lynching as well. At the first recorded lynching, in St. Louis...
- This is a list of lynching victims in the United States. While the definition has changed over time, lynching is often defined as the summary execution...
- American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Some people have claimed...
- event as a "lynching": Karon, Tony (12 October 2000). "Ramallah lynching leaves peace in pieces". CNN. Retrieved 6 October 2023. A lynching in a dusty...
- David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Widely considered one of the greatest...
- Virginia to punish Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. The terms "lynching" and "lynch law" are believed to be derived from his surname. He was born in...
- A lynching postcard is a postcard bearing the photograph of a lynching—a vigilante murder usually motivated by racial hatred—intended to be distributed...
- are lynching Negroes" (Russian: "А у вас негров линчуют", romanized: A u vas negrov linchuyut; which also means "Yet, in your [country], [they] lynch Negroes")...
- for an agricultural terrace Lynch House (disambiguation) Lynching, an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob Lynches River, North Carolina, United...