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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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  1. 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.
  2. v. kill without legal sanction
  3. To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
  4. To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the formsof law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. SeeLynch law.
  5. v:100 v. kill without legal sanction