lynchings

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Определение lynchings в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: plural of lynching
lynching: Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person
lynching: {i} execution without trial; passing of a verdict without a trial; hanging of Black Americans as an act of racial violence (primarily in the South during the 1880s -1960s)
lynching: Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially hanging
lynching: Execution of a presumed offender by a mob without trial, under the pretense of administering justice. It sometimes involves torturing the victim and mutilating the body. Lynching has often occurred under unsettled social conditions. The term derives from the name of Charles Lynch, a Virginian who headed an irregular court to persecute loyalists during the American Revolution. In the United States, lynching was widely used in the post-Reconstruction South against blacks, often to intimidate other blacks from exercising their civil rights
lynching: putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law