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   Lynch

   /lin(t)SH/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial: "her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit"
   • 2. severely criticize or condemn (someone). informal

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from Lynch's law, named after Capt. William Lynch, head of a self-constituted judicial tribunal in Virginia c. 1780.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lyncher noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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