lynch

lynch is a 5-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
2. verb. kill without legal sanction

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

Common word forms

lynched, lyncher, lynches, lynching, lynchable

Words from these letters

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