A lynching is an unlawful murder by an angry mob of people. Throughout history, dominant groups have used lynchings as a way of controlling minorities.
Noun
putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lynch
Usage Examples
Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.
As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.
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Other Usage ExamplesI rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.