Quelle est la définition du mot lynchage ?

Quelle est la définition du mot lynchage ?

Mettre à mort sommairement quelqu'un ou lui faire subir des violences sans jugement régulier, en parlant d'une foule, d'un groupe.

Quel est le synonyme de lyncher ?

assassinat, homicide volontaire, meurtre[Hyper.]

Quelle est l'origine du mot lyncher ?

Étymologie de « lyncher » Du verbe anglais to lynch, issu de The Lynch law (« la loi de Lynch »). Procédé de justice sommaire et sans jugement mis en place par un certain Charles Lynch (1736-1796), juge de l'État de Virginie.

Comment s'écrit lynchage ?

lynchage n.m. Fait pour une foule de lyncher quelqu'un.

What does it mean to Lynch someone?

• To punish (a person) without legal process or authority, especially by hanging, for a perceived offense or as an act of bigotry. [From lynch law .]

How do you use lynching in a sentence?

• to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority: In the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of southern African Americans were lynched by white mobs. to criticize, condemn, etc., in public: He’s been unfairly lynched in the media.

What does it mean to be lynched by mob?

• : to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob. Recent Examples on the Web The story follows a Black man who saves a white woman amid natural disaster—and still ends up having to fear that her family will lynch him afterward.

What is the story of the Lynch in the basement?

• — CNN, The story follows a Black man who saves a white woman amid natural disaster—and still ends up having to fear that her family will lynch him afterward. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, The white men drag Henry into the basement and attempt to lynch him in front of his daughters.