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Definition of Lynch mob
1. Noun. A mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority.
Definition of Lynch mob
1. Noun. a vigilante group of people intent on lynching someone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lynch Mob
Literary usage of Lynch mob
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punishment Before Trial: Prison Conditions in Venezuela by Joanne Mariner, Michael Bochenek (1997)
""Lynch-Mob Justice Grows in Caracas," New York Times, May 13. ... "Lynch-Mob
Justice . . . "; Sandra Guerrero. "Lichan a delincuente en Minas de Baruta. ..."
2. Neither Left Nor Right: Selected Columns by Tibor R. Machan (2004)
"... out occasional business malpractice but constitute a kind of democratic
lynch-mob action, this time on the futile grounds of precaution or prevention. ..."
3. Questions and Answers in Lethal and Non-Lethal Violence: Proceeding of the edited by Richard L. Block (1994)
"The term "lynch mob" implies a collection of relatively unorganized individuals
who, overcome by the excitement of the situation, lose their capacity for ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"How can we tolerate within our own borders the savagery of what has come to be
known distinctively the world over as "the American lynch mob," and at the ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"Lord, the idea of a grown-up person being afraid of a lynch mob! " He turned an
eye on the captive, and said, " Stranger, who are yon, and what have you ..."
6. "Liberty" by Julius Rubens Ames (1837)
"The lynch mob still fol. lowed, and the marshal finding the prisoner could only
be protected by hurrying him to jail, endeavor, ed Io effect thai object. ..."
7. Retrospect of Western Travel by Harriet Martineau (1838)
"prive persons of colour of all religions education ; a distant lynch mob was
outraging the person -of a free and innocent citizen ; elegant ladies were ..."
8. American Slavery as it is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses by American Anti-Slavery Society (1839)
"The lynch mob still followed, and the marshal finding the prisoner could only be
protected by hurrying him to jail, endeavored to effect that object. ..."
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