Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lynching

1 sense of lynching

Sense 1
lynching -- (putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law)
       => murder, slaying, execution -- (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lynch

1 sense of lynch

Sense 1
lynch -- (kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")