lynch law
mob rule, law of the masses
Lynching
Lynching is the practice of inflicting summary punishment upon an offender, by a self-constituted
court armed with no legal authority; it is now limited to the
summary execution of one charged with some flagrant offence. In its earliest usage the term implied "the infliction of punishment such as
whipping,
tarring and feathering, or the like." Today it refers only to the inflicting of sentence of death by lynch law.
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lynch law
Noun
1. the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law
(hypernym) practice, pattern
Lynch law
The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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lynch law
Synonyms and related words:
anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, chaos, confusion, criminal syndicalism, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disruption, misrule, mob law, mob rule, mobocracy, nihilism, ochlocracy, primal chaos, rebellion, revolution, syndicalism, tohubohu, turmoil, unruliness
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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