Associations to the word «Lynching»

Wiktionary

LYNCHING, noun. Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
LYNCHING, verb. Present participle of lynch

Dictionary definition

LYNCHING, noun. Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne