Synonyms for lynch
lɪntʃlynch

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1. lynchverb

   To execute without a proper legal trial, especially by hanging.

   Synonyms:
   string up

Princeton's WordNet

1. lynchverb

   kill without legal sanction

   "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"

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1. lynchverb

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] punish without trial, inflict summary punishment on

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1. List of paraphrases for "lynch":

   delahaye, merrill, lin, bastien, lam

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How to use lynch in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama on Friday:

   The irony is, of course, that the Republicans really dislike Mr. Holder. If they really want to get rid of him, the best way to do it is to go ahead and get Loretta Lynch confirmed.

2. Democratic Leader Harry Reid:

   Ms. Lynch's nomination will not remain in purgatory forever.

3. Patrick Lynch:

   Patrick Lynch, head of New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, on Wednesday assailed John Jay for not cutting ties with Tucker Isaacson more swiftly. Tucker Isaacson had no business spreading Tucker Isaacson crackpot ideas and hateful anti-police views anywhere, much less in a classroom filled with future police officers, tucker Isaacson should have been fired immediately and publicly, not quietly let go months after the fact.

4. Trey Gowdy:

   It wasn’t the tarmac, it was the information he had about Loretta Lynch that if it became public, people would question their objectivity.

5. Ekrem Dumanli:

   With the mentality of a dictatorship, someone can declare you an enemy, and lynch you with pre-prepared prosecutors and judges.