Lynch vs. Linch: What's the Difference?

To punish (a person) without legal process or authority, especially by hanging, for a perceived offense or as an act of bigotry.

To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.

Kill without legal sanction;