Meaning & use
lynched
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killed by a mob, typically by hanging, without a lawful trial.
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Historians have documented thousands of Black Americans who were lynched in the decades after the Civil War.
The mob lynched the accused man before he could stand trial.
A note on using this word
Lynched describes a specific act of mob violence outside the law; the word carries serious historical weight, especially tied to racial violence in U.S. history.
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