lynch
UK/lintʃ/US
GREC1
Definitions
v.
To execute someone, especially by hanging, without a legal trial, typically by a mob
对…处以私刑（尤指绞死）
Root Breakdown
Eponymlynchother
=lynch
Common Collocations
- 1.[lynch/hang] without trial[处以私刑/绞死]而不经过审判
- 2.[lynching/mob justice][私刑/暴民正义]
Example Sentences
- 1.
The mob threatened to lynch the accused without trial.
- 2.
History has dark chapters of people who were lynched.