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lynched
We have found lemma(root) word of lynched : lynch.
Definitions
[lɪn(t)ʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging
(e.g: her father had been lynched for a crime he didn't commit)
- severely criticize or condemn (someone)
Phrases:
Origin
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mid 19th century: from Lynch's law, named after Capt. William Lynch, head of a self-constituted judicial tribunal in Virginia c.1780
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