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Illegally Hanged Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is LYNCHED which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: LYNCHED

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199%7Exact Match!
229%6Hanged loosely or bent downward
329%11 Where criminals were hanged in the past

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We think the answer is "LYNCHED" which means:

    verb
  • • Kill without legal sanction

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The mob lynched the innocent man without any evidence."
  • • "In the jim crow era, african americans were often lynched for minor offenses."

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