Definition of "lynching" []

• Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially hanging (noun)
• Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person. (noun)
• Present participle of lynch. (verb)

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• "That is why so many took to the social networks and used the term lynching without apology."
• "COOPER: Roland, Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush used the term lynching today."
• "COOPER: Roland, the Illinois congressman Bobby Rush used the term lynching today."