Also means
mob killing
Usage Note
Linciaggio derives from the English eponym Lynch and refers to extrajudicial killing by a mob. The verb is linciare. In modern Italian it is also used figuratively for media or public vilification: linciaggio mediatico (media mob attack). The plural linciaggi follows the standard -gio pattern, dropping the i before -i.
Examples
"La folla si trasformò in una macchina di linciaggio."
Natural Translation
The crowd turned into a lynching machine.
Literal Translation
The crowd itself transformed into a machine of lynching.
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