taking the law into one's own hands, an extrajudicial punishment, vigilantism
çekim: çoğul αυτοδικίες · tamlayan αυτοδικίας
köken: From the Hellenistic Koine verb αὐτοδικῶ/αὐτοδικέω (autodikéō) + modern suffix -ία (-ía). Attested since 1833 in Katharevousa as αὐτοδικία (aftodikía).
lynching, lynch law (execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging) · massive outpouring of criticism
çekim: çoğul lincze · tamlayan linczu
eş: samosąd, lynch
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kleng- Proto-Germanic *hlinkaz Proto-West Germanic *hlink Old English hlincder. American English Lynchder. American English lynchbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Old Polish -ować Polish -ować Polish linczowaćdeverb. Polish lincz Deverbal from linczować.