lynched

Verb

lynch (third-person singular simple present lynches, present participle lynching, simple past and past participle lynched)

1. (transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
   • Public anger erupted. Soldiers were lynched in the streets including young recruits proven to have been deceived by their generals about the true intentions of the attack.2018, “Europe's Flashpoints” (2:12 from the start), in Close Up — The Current Affairs Documentary, episode 2, (narration regarding the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt) (actor), via Deutsche Welle...

   Synonyms:

   string up

2. (broadly, colloquial, transitive) To castigate severely.
   • I telephoned Bill Brandon in Oxford and begged him to get the new refrigeration unit into production before I got lynched.2024, Louis Hagen, Suddenly an Englishman

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