To lynch is to murder, or unlawfully kill. When an angry mob kills someone they believe is guilty of a crime, they lynch that person.
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See
Verb
kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
v. t.
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the
forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See
Lynch law.
Lynch
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See
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David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.
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