Thesaurus: lynch law

Related headwords

Definitions

1. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.
2. n. the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law
3. . The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful.
4. . The act or practice by private persons of inflictingpunishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.
5. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.