lynch
verb (used with object)
to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
have lynched
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present perfectof lynch.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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At the head of a company of marines, he took Brown prisoner and, protecting him from a mob which would have lynched him, handed him over to the authorities.
From American Men of Action by Burton Egbert Stevenson
