Lynch law

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
lynch law
    n 1: the practice of punishing people by hanging without due
         process of law
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lynch law \Lynch" law`\n.
   The act or practice by private persons of inflicting
   punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of
   law.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a
         Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own
         hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful.
         [1913 Webster] Lynde
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "lynch law":
      anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, chaos,
      confusion, criminal syndicalism, disorder, disorderliness,
      disorganization, disruption, misrule, mob law, mob rule, mobocracy,
      nihilism, ochlocracy, primal chaos, rebellion, revolution,
      syndicalism, tohubohu, turmoil, unruliness
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