Question of the Day #182

"Gingrich on Roy Moore: Amazing how fast 'lynch mob' can form"
From the headline of this article at The Hill.

上記の文で、lynch mob の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "lynch mob" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


リンチ［私刑］を行おうとする群衆

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

 a crowd of people who kill or try to kill (someone) illegally as a punishment

Examples

• Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for even daring to consider higher interest rates.
• He claimed that they had been the victims of a racist lynch mob.
• It is in the public interest that sleaze is exposed. But it's time to call off the lynch mob.