lynching

U.S. History

(noun)

Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially hanging. Lynchings were means of controlling minority populations by majorities whose supremacy was threatened.

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Political Science

(noun)

Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially hanging.

Examples of lynching in the following topics:

  • “JUPITER SAVES HIS SON”

  • “PERSEUS GETS HIS OUTFIT”

  • THE GORGON'S HEAD

  • THE SEA-SERPENT

  • A HUMAN SACRIFICE

  • THE RESCUE

  • THE ARK

  • THE REWARD OF VALOR

  • POLYDECTES IS TURNED TO STONE

  • THE ORACLE FULFILLED

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