lynching

lynching

English

Etymology

lynch +‎ -ing. See lynch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/

Noun

lynching (plural lynchings)

1. Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
   • 1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes

     The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.

Related terms

• lynch
• show trial
• kangaroo court

Translations

execution of a person without a proper legal trial

Chinese: Mandarin: 私刑 (zh) (sīxíng), 私罰／私罚 (zh) (sīfá) Finnish: lynkkaus (fi) French: lynchage (fr) m Galician: linchamento (gl) m German: Lynchjustiz (de) f Hungarian: lincselés Italian: (please verify) linciaggio (it) m Japanese: リンチ (ja) (rinchi), 私刑 (ja) (しけい, shikei) Korean: 린치 (rinchi), 사형 (ko) (sahyeong) Portuguese: linchamento (pt) m, linchagem f Russian: самосу́д (ru) m (samosúd), суд Ли́нча m (sud Línča), линчева́ние (ru) n (linčevánije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ли̏нч m Roman: lȉnč (sh) m Spanish: linchamiento m Swedish: lynchning c Turkish: linç etme

Verb

lynching

1. present participle of lynch