Lynch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lynched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lynching.] [See Note under Lynch law.] To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.