lynch

See also: Lynch

English

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lynching

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪntʃ
• Homophone: Lynch

Etymology 1

First attested 1835, from Lynch law, which appeared in 1811. There is a popular claim that it was named after William Lynch, but equally strong arguments would have it named after Charles Lynch. For the surname, see Lynch. Ultimately a possible doublet of linch.

Verb

lynch (third-person singular simple present lynches, present participle lynching, simple past and past participle lynched)

1. (transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
   • 2018, “Europe's Flashpoints” (2:12 from the start), in Close Up — The Current Affairs Documentary‎, episode 2, (narration regarding the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt) (actor), via Deutsche Welle TV, av-44888523, archived from the original on 31 July 2018:

     Public anger erupted. Soldiers were lynched in the streets including young recruits proven to have been deceived by their generals about the true intentions of the attack.

Synonyms

• (execute without a proper legal trial): string up

Derived terms

• lynchable
• lynchee
• lynching
• lynch law
• lynchman
• lynch mob
• unlynched

Descendants

• → Czech: lynč
• → Danish: lynche
• → Esperanto: linĉi
• → French: lyncher
• → German: lynchen
• → Italian: linciare
• → Japanese: リンチ
• → Lithuanian: linčiúoti
• → Norwegian Bokmål: lynsje
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: lynsje
• → Russian: линчева́ть (linčevátʹ)
• → Spanish: linchar
• → Swedish: lyncha
• → Turkish: linç

Translations

execute without a proper legal trial

Bulgarian: линчувам (bg) (linčuvam) Catalan: linxar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 執行私刑 / 执行私刑 (zhíxíng sīxíng) Czech: lynčovat (cs) Danish: lynche Dutch: lynchen (nl) Esperanto: linĉi Estonian: lintšima Finnish: lynkata (fi) French: lyncher (fr) Galician: linchar (gl) German: lynchen (de) Hungarian: meglincsel (hu) Irish: linseáil Italian: linciare (it) Japanese: リンチを加える (rinchi-o kuwaeru), 私刑を加える (shikei-o kuwaeru) Lithuanian: linčiúoti Norwegian: Bokmål: lynsje (no) Nynorsk: lynsje, lynsja Polish: linczować (pl), zlinczować (pl) Portuguese: linchar (pt) Russian: линчева́ть (ru) (linčevátʹ), расправля́ться самосу́дом (raspravljátʹsja samosúdom) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ли̏нчовати Roman: lȉnčovati (sh) Spanish: linchar (es) Swedish: lyncha (sv) Thai: ลงประชาทัณฑ์ (long-bprà-chaa-tan) Turkish: linç etmek (tr), linçlemek Vietnamese: lin-sơ, linsơ, hành quyết, hành xác

See also

• kangaroo court
• show trial

Etymology 2

Noun

lynch (plural lynches)

1. Alternative form of linch.

Derived terms

• lynchable
• lynchee
• lynchet

German

Verb

lynch

1. singular imperative of lynchen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of lynchen