Usually means: Extra-judicial killing by mob violence.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. lynching: Merriam-Webster
  2. lynching: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lynching: Vocabulary.com
  4. Lynching, lynching: Wordnik
  5. lynching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lynching: Wiktionary
  7. lynching: Dictionary.com
  8. lynching: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Lynching, The Lynching: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Lynching: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. lynching: Rhymezone
  12. Lynching: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. lynching: FreeDictionary.org
  14. lynching: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. lynching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lynching: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Lynching: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lynching: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lynching: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.

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