Usually means: Extrajudicial punishment by mob rule.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. lynch law: Merriam-Webster
  2. lynch law: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lynch law: Vocabulary.com
  4. lynch-law, lynch law: Wordnik
  5. lynch law: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lynch law: Wiktionary
  7. lynch law: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. lynch law: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lynch law: Dictionary.com
  10. Lynch Law: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Lynch law: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. lynch law: Rhymezone
  13. Lynch law: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. LYNCH LAW: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  15. Lynch Law: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. lynch law: FreeDictionary.org
  17. lynch law: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. lynch law: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lynch law: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Lynch-law, lynch law: Legal dictionary

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  1. lynch law: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lynch law)

▸ noun:  The practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial.

Similar:
lynch mob, lynching, jungle justice, club law, summary execution, guillotine, necktie party, lathicharge, lapidation, witch-hunt, more...

Types:
mob rule, vigilante justice, lynching, posse, more...

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Similar:
lynch mob, lynching, jungle justice, club law, summary execution, guillotine, necktie party, lathicharge, lapidation, witch-hunt, more...

Types:
mob rule, vigilante justice, lynching, posse, more...



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