lynch
/lɪntʃ/verb
with obj.
- (of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging（一群人）以私刑（尤指绞刑）处死（某人）。
派生词
lyncher
noun词源
mid 19th cent.: from Lynch's law, named after Capt. William Lynch, head of a self-constituted judicial tribunal in Virginia c.1780.