lynching

8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

noun

putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law

Lynching in a sentence

The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.

Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.

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