lynching

English Thesaurus

1. putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law (noun.act)

hypernym	:	execution, murder, slaying,
definition	:	unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)

derivation	:	lynch,
definition	:	kill without legal sanction (verb.social)

derivation	:	lynch,
definition	:	kill without legal sanction (verb.social)