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The term lynching is often associated with hanging. However, the word "lynching" comes from an old term, "lynch law", which was named after Captain William Lynch. Lynch ways to torture and punish captured loyalists during the American Revolution. Lynching can consist of beating, burning, removal of private parts, stabbing, hanging, and more.

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