Synonyms for lynch law
| Grammar : Noun |
Définition of lynch law
- noun punishment by hanging without due process
- This was one of the early applications of lynch law in the West.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
- They may not approve of lynch law these days, but they wouldn't act—and we did.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
- They did nothing in the nature of mob violence or lynch law.
- Extract from : « Then and Now » by Robert Vaughn
- Some people believe that this Lynch is the onlie begetter of Lynch Law.
- Extract from : « Peeps at Many Lands: Ireland » by Katharine Tynan
- This was probably the first instance of lynch law in America.
- Extract from : « The Quaker Colonies » by Sydney G. Fisher
- The crime was not the worst of crimes, and there was no excuse for riot or lynch law.
- Extract from : « The Colonel's Dream » by Charles W. Chesnutt
- In short, lynch law prevailed for many years during the revolution, and the habit became so fixed that we have never given it up.
- Extract from : « The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal" » by Sydney G. Fisher
- "Pretty far, as you see, from American lynch law," said Des Hermies.
- Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
- In fact, it has its origin in "Lynch Law," or the rule of the Vigilantes.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers » by Elbert Hubbard
- Nothing can be more demoralizing in the long run than lynch law.
- Extract from : « The Hoosier Schoolmaster » by Edward Eggleston
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