lynching

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If an angry crowd of people lynch someone, they kill that person by hanging them, without letting them have a trial, because they believe that that person has committed a crime. 對…以私刑絞死
They were about to lynch him when reinforcements from the army burst into the room and rescued him. 他們正要以私刑絞死他，軍隊就沖進房間救了他。
2. lynchingN-VAR 私刑絞死
Some towns found that lynching was the only way to drive away bands of outlaws. 有些城鎮(zhèn)的人們發(fā)現(xiàn)私刑是惟一能夠驅(qū)走那一幫幫歹徒的方法。