lynchingn.

Brit.

/ˈlɪn(t)ʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlɪn(t)ʃɪŋ/

Forms: see lynch v. and -ing suffix¹. Also (in early use) with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lynch v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < lynch v. + -ing suffix¹.

Originally U.S.

1. The action or practice of inflicting extralegal summary punishment on an alleged or convicted offender; (in later use) esp. the public execution of an alleged offender by a mob, typically by hanging or burning to death. Also: an instance of this. See lynch v.Particularly associated with the extrajudicial execution of African Americans, especially that perpetrated in Southern states from the end of the American Civil War (1865) to the Civil Rights movement in the mid 20th cent.

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society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust

Halifax law1565

Lydford law1565

Halifax inquest1598

Cupar justice1681

Jeddart justice1698

lynch law1782

Judge Lynch1835

lynching1835

lynch law1846

kangaroo justice1909

palm-tree justice1959

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > lynching

lynching1835

lynch1873

1835 Liberator (Boston) 5 Sept. 143/5 More lynching. Almost every mail brings intelligence of outrages committed upon persons suspected of tampering with slaves.

1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 281 Lynchings in the South are mainly caused by the peculiar nature of the crimes for which lynching is a penalty.

1945 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 14 578/2 Both the overt threat of lynching and prevented lynchings function to maintain white dominance.

2020 Hindu (Nexis) 9 Sept. 18 police officers have been punished for negligence and dereliction of duty for their inability to prevent the lynching of two sadhus by a mob at Palghar during the national lockdown.

2. In extended and hyperbolic use. The action of subjecting a person to a verbal or physical attack; the publication of an attack on a person, vilification. Also: an instance of this. Cf. lynch v. 1b.Frequently with modifier denoting the context of the attack, as media lynching, political lynching, etc.

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1846 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 11 Dec. Whatever danger of lynching an abolitionist might encounter in some of your Southern States, I consider that there is quite as much danger of any man's receiving a moral lynching in this country who should strive to correct the opinions held here respecting slavery in the United States.

1913 W. Sulzer in J. W. Forrest & J. Malcolm Tammany's Treason 182 My trial..was a farce; a political lynching; the consummation of a deep-laid political conspiracy to oust me from office.

1984 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 3 Dec. 49 The retired general's strategy..has been to depict CBS as so eager to make him look bad that it performed a prime-time televised ‘lynching’.

2013 N.Y. Times 9 July (Late ed.) a9/3 The law prohibits something called media lynching, which it defines as the publication of material intended to reduce someone's prestige or credibility.

Compounds

C1. General use as a modifier (in sense 1).

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1836 Blackburn Standard 6 Jan. 4/2 There appears to be an important suppressio veri in the omission of any allusion to the Lynching system, and the lawless disturbances which have broken out in various States.

1858 N.Y. Tribune 30 Sept. As gross a violation of justice as vigilance committee or lynching mob was ever guilty of.

1879 G. Campbell White & Black in U.S. 171 Several lynching cases of atrocity occurred before I had been many weeks in the States.

1910 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 1 521 He estimated that there were one hundred thousand men living in the United States who had participated in lynching riots, unpunished for their crimes.

1951 W. Faulkner in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 107 The militia band..had built a tremendous bonfire in front of the jail, around which they and the lynching party had now confederated in a wassail or conference of their own.

2018 Express Tribune (Pakistan) (Nexis) 17 Mar. The body of the other lynching victim..was handed over to his family for burial on Tuesday.

C2.

lynching bee n. U.S. (now chiefly historical) a gathering of people for the purpose of committing a lynching; also in extended use.

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1876 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 18 Aug. 2/7 Capt. Foster's presence with the well-disciplined and determined force prevented a lynching bee, as many were there with a morbid desire to see a man's neck broke.

1943 Christian Cent. 1 Dec. 1/2 Evidently there is a widespread and growing fear lest the United Nations..let loose in Europe what might turn out to be little less than a gigantic lynching bee.

2015 T. B. Hobbs Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home i. 65 Many of the typical markers of a ‘traditional’ lynching bee were not a part of the Williams lynching. There was no large and angry mob that broke into the jail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lynching
释义	lynchingn. Brit. /ˈlɪn(t)ʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɪn(t)ʃɪŋ/ Forms: see lynch v. and -ing suffix¹. Also (in early use) with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lynch v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < lynch v. + -ing suffix¹. Originally U.S. 1. The action or practice of inflicting extralegal summary punishment on an alleged or convicted offender; (in later use) esp. the public execution of an alleged offender by a mob, typically by hanging or burning to death. Also: an instance of this. See lynch v.Particularly associated with the extrajudicial execution of African Americans, especially that perpetrated in Southern states from the end of the American Civil War (1865) to the Civil Rights movement in the mid 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust Halifax law1565 Lydford law1565 Halifax inquest1598 Cupar justice1681 Jeddart justice1698 lynch law1782 Judge Lynch1835 lynching1835 lynch law1846 kangaroo justice1909 palm-tree justice1959 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > lynching lynching1835 lynch1873 1835 Liberator (Boston) 5 Sept. 143/5 More lynching. Almost every mail brings intelligence of outrages committed upon persons suspected of tampering with slaves. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 281 Lynchings in the South are mainly caused by the peculiar nature of the crimes for which lynching is a penalty. 1945 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 14 578/2 Both the overt threat of lynching and prevented lynchings function to maintain white dominance. 2020 Hindu (Nexis) 9 Sept. 18 police officers have been punished for negligence and dereliction of duty for their inability to prevent the lynching of two sadhus by a mob at Palghar during the national lockdown. 2. In extended and hyperbolic use. The action of subjecting a person to a verbal or physical attack; the publication of an attack on a person, vilification. Also: an instance of this. Cf. lynch v. 1b.Frequently with modifier denoting the context of the attack, as media lynching, political lynching, etc. ΚΠ 1846 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 11 Dec. Whatever danger of lynching an abolitionist might encounter in some of your Southern States, I consider that there is quite as much danger of any man's receiving a moral lynching in this country who should strive to correct the opinions held here respecting slavery in the United States. 1913 W. Sulzer in J. W. Forrest & J. Malcolm Tammany's Treason 182 My trial..was a farce; a political lynching; the consummation of a deep-laid political conspiracy to oust me from office. 1984 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 3 Dec. 49 The retired general's strategy..has been to depict CBS as so eager to make him look bad that it performed a prime-time televised ‘lynching’. 2013 N.Y. Times 9 July (Late ed.) a9/3 The law prohibits something called media lynching, which it defines as the publication of material intended to reduce someone's prestige or credibility. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier (in sense 1). ΚΠ 1836 Blackburn Standard 6 Jan. 4/2 There appears to be an important suppressio veri in the omission of any allusion to the Lynching system, and the lawless disturbances which have broken out in various States. 1858 N.Y. Tribune 30 Sept. As gross a violation of justice as vigilance committee or lynching mob was ever guilty of. 1879 G. Campbell White & Black in U.S. 171 Several lynching cases of atrocity occurred before I had been many weeks in the States. 1910 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 1 521 He estimated that there were one hundred thousand men living in the United States who had participated in lynching riots, unpunished for their crimes. 1951 W. Faulkner in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 107 The militia band..had built a tremendous bonfire in front of the jail, around which they and the lynching party had now confederated in a wassail or conference of their own. 2018 Express Tribune (Pakistan) (Nexis) 17 Mar. The body of the other lynching victim..was handed over to his family for burial on Tuesday. C2. lynching bee n. U.S. (now chiefly historical) a gathering of people for the purpose of committing a lynching; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1876 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 18 Aug. 2/7 Capt. Foster's presence with the well-disciplined and determined force prevented a lynching bee, as many were there with a morbid desire to see a man's neck broke. 1943 Christian Cent. 1 Dec. 1/2 Evidently there is a widespread and growing fear lest the United Nations..let loose in Europe what might turn out to be little less than a gigantic lynching bee. 2015 T. B. Hobbs Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home i. 65 Many of the typical markers of a ‘traditional’ lynching bee were not a part of the Williams lynching. There was no large and angry mob that broke into the jail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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