execute without a trial (especially by hanging)
family name; David Lynch (born 1946), Film and television director; John Lynch (1917-1999), Irish politician, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1966-1973, 1977-1979)
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Lynch Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lynch Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
lynch
\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.
similar words(2)
lynch mob
lynch law
Verb
1. kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
(hypernym) kill
(derivation) lynching
Lynch Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lynch Corporation
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Holding company with subsidiaries which develop, manufacture and market adhesive coated paper, water activated and pressure sensitive tape, size reduction and pollution control equipment, glass forming machines, packaging machinery, quartz crystal products and clock oscillator modules; Provide outsourcing transportation services to the
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Holding company with subsidiaries which develop, manufacture and market adhesive coated paper, water activated and pressure sensitive tape, size reduction and pollution control equipment, glass forming machines, packaging machinery, quartz crystal products and clock oscillator modules; Provide outsourcing transportation services to the
Lynch Interactive Corporation
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Provides telecommunications services including local network, network access, long distance and cellular service; Owns interest in network television stations; And provides outsourcing transportation services to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle and commercial industries.
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Provides telecommunications services including local network, network access, long distance and cellular service; Owns interest in network television stations; And provides outsourcing transportation services to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle and commercial industries.
Lynch Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lynch Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lynch may refer to:
- Lynching, also known as Lynch law; named after Charles Lynch (jurist); a form of extralegal judgment and punishment, usually by killing
- Terrace (agriculture) (old English), a terrace, also called a "lynch"
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Lynch. (stylized as lynch.) is a Japanese nagoya kei metal band formed in 2004. Since their formation, they have been a part of the independent label Marginal Works. On October 11, 2007, the band signed to CLJ Records, a European record label dedicated to releasing Japanese rock artists abroad. As of 2011, the group has released one EP, five albums, and nine singles.
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Lynch Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
An inherited disorder in which affected individuals have a higher-than-normal chance of developing colon cancer and certain other types of cancer, usually before the age of 60. Also called hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.
A Service of the National Cancer Institute.