| 单词 | lynch law |
| 释义 | lynch lawSEE SYNONYMS FOR lynch law ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe administration of summary punishment, especially death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority. Origin of lynch law1805–15, Americanism; after the self-instituted tribunals presided over by William Lynch (1742–1820) of Pittsylvania, Va., c1776 Words nearby lynch lawLynbrook, lyncean, lynch, Lynchburg, lynchet, lynch law, lynchpin, Lynd, Lynda, Lyndhurst, Lyndon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lynch lawBritish Dictionary definitions for lynch lawlynch law nounthe practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for lynch lawlynch law The punishment of supposed criminals, especially by hanging, by agreement of a crowd and without a genuine criminal trial. Lynch law was used in the early settlement of the West as a way of maintaining minimal law and order before a sheriff and courts could be set up. It has also been used to deprive unpopular suspects of their rights and to satisfy a mob's thirst for vengeance. Lynch law was often used by whites in the South to terrorize and subjugate blacks. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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