lynch

See also: Lynch

English

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.

Verb

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

1. To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
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     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

• lynching
• lynch law
• lynch mob

 

Descendants

• → Czech: lynč
• → Danish: lynche
• → Esperanto: linĉi
• → French: lyncher
• → German: lynchen
• → Italian: linciare
• → Spanish: linchar
• → Swedish: lyncha
• → Turkish: linç
• → Japanese: リンチ

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
• 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)
• 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

See also

• kangaroo court
• show trial

Etymology 2

Noun

lynch (plural lynches)

1. Alternative form of linch

German

Verb

lynch

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