take the law into one's own hands
English
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Verb
take the law into one's own hands
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To punish someone according to one's own idea of justice and without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.
- After his son's killer was let off without a conviction, the man decided to take the law into his own hands.
Translations
punish someone according to one's own idea of justice
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