lynching是什么意思

n.处私刑

1. Lynching was a common form of extrajudicial punishment in the United States during the Jim Crow era.
私刑在美国吉姆·克劳时代是一种常见的非法惩罚方式。
2. The lynching of innocent African Americans in the past is a painful chapter in American history.
过去对无辜的非裔美国人进行私刑处决是美国历史上痛苦的一页。

私刑；私自处决；（尤指对黑人的）暴力处决