(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
If an angry crowd of people ~ someone, they kill that person by hanging them, without letting them have a trial, because they believe that that person has committed a crime.
They were about to ~ him when reinforcements from the army burst into the room and rescued him.
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~ing (~ings)
Some towns found that ~ing was the only way to drive away bands of outlaws.
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