Noun

1. Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially hanging

   The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot. — Jerry Stokes by Grant Allen

2. Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person.

   Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person and from which death does not result shall constitute the crime of lynching in the second degree and shall be a felony. — South Carolina Code of Laws Section 16-3-220