lynchable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lynch +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

lynchable (not comparable)

  1. Punishable by lynching.
    a lynchable offence
    • 2002, Maria E. Montoya, Translating Property:
      Why the group lynched Vega remains unclear, but the fact that a Catholic Mexican had murdered a Protestant Anglo minister, no matter what the political motivations, placed Vega outside the bounds of civilized society and made him lynchable and punishable by mob rule.
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