<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>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.</li><li>To criticize, condemn, etc., in public: He’s been unfairly lynched in the media.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>