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lynch objlIntFv [T](esp. of a crowd of people) to kill by HANGING (= killing with a rope round the neck) (someone believed to be guilty of a crime) without a legal trial(未经合法审判)对(被认为有罪的人)施行绞刑Fritz Lang's film, 'Fury' is about a mob who lynch a traveller whom they mistake for a murderer.弗里茨·朗格的影片《愤怒》讲述了一群暴民把一个旅行者误认为杀人犯而将其绞死的故事。Following the arrest of the small child's suspected killer, a lynch mob (= a group of people who want to kill someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime, without a legal trial) has been out on the streets.当杀害孩子的嫌疑犯被捕之后,要求将他私刑绞死的人们涌到了街头。Lynch law is the punishment of someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime, without a legal trial, by killing them.私刑(通常为绞刑)
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