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The phrase "a lynch mob" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group of people who take the law into their own hands, often violently, to punish someone they believe is guilty of a crime without a fair trial.
Example: "The townspeople formed a lynch mob, demanding justice for the alleged crime, but their actions only led to chaos and violence."
Alternatives: "vigilante group" or "mob justice".
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This was a lynch mob and, when it started forming a month ago, we didn't take it seriously enough.
Outside a lynch mob gathered.
Well, maybe not a lynch mob.
He called the group a "lynch mob".
"That's when John White began talking about a lynch mob".
"The Ox-Bow Incident" is all buildup, as a posse turns inexorably into a lynch mob.
Their prophet, Joseph Smith, was shot dead by a lynch mob in 1844.
"It just started a lynch mob," said a senator who was present.
It was like a lynch mob on the streets of London.
Mr. White said he considered the angry teenagers a "lynch mob".
When the offending dramatist emerged, it swooped upon him "like a lynch mob", jostling and shouting.
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