"lynching" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-lynching.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-lynching.wav [US] Forms: lynchings [plural]
Etymology: lynch + -ing. See lynch. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lynch|ing}} lynch + -ing, {{m|en|lynch}} lynch Head templates: {{en-noun}} lynching (plural lynchings)
  1. Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging. Related terms: lynch, show trial, kangaroo court Translations (execution of a person without a proper legal trial): 私刑 (sīxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 私罰 (Chinese Mandarin), 私罚 (sīfá) (Chinese Mandarin), lynkkaus (Finnish), lynchage [masculine] (French), linchamento [masculine] (Galician), Lynchjustiz [feminine] (German), lincselés (Hungarian), リンチ (rinchi) (Japanese), 私刑 (shikei) (alt: しけい) (Japanese), 린치 (rinchi) (Korean), 사형 (sahyeong) (Korean), linchamento [masculine] (Portuguese), linchagem [feminine] (Portuguese), самосу́д (samosúd) [masculine] (Russian), суд Ли́нча (sud Línča) [masculine] (Russian), линчева́ние (linčevánije) [neuter] (Russian), ли̏нч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lȉnč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), linchamiento [masculine] (Spanish), lynchning [common-gender] (Swedish), linç etme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-lynching-en-noun-PVkNQYXw

Verb

IPA: /lɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-lynching.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-lynching.wav [US]
Etymology: lynch + -ing. See lynch. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lynch|ing}} lynch + -ing, {{m|en|lynch}} lynch Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lynching
  1. present participle and gerund of lynch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lynch
    Sense id: en-lynching-en-verb-mJXhxhBG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 36 64

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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