"Ku-Klux" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Ku-Kluxes [present, singular, third-person], Ku-Kluxing [participle, present], Ku-Kluxed [participle, past], Ku-Kluxed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} Ku-Klux (third-person singular simple present Ku-Kluxes, present participle Ku-Kluxing, simple past and past participle Ku-Kluxed)
  1. (transitive, dated) To lynch (a person) as part of Ku Klux Klan activities. Tags: dated, transitive Categories (topical): Ku Klux Klan

Inflected forms

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