take the law into your own hands
- take the law into your own hands
take the law into your own hands phrase
to punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal yourself
If something isn’t done soon, farmers might take the law into their own hands.
Thesaurus: to punish someone
synonym punishment of being legally killed
hyponym
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take the law into your own hands
: to try to punish someone for breaking a law even though you do not have the right to do that
Police are concerned that the victim's family may try to take the law into their own hands. [=may try to punish the criminal themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it]
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take the law into your own ˈhands idiom
to do sth illegal in order to punish sb for doing sth wrong, instead of letting the police deal with them
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After a series of burglaries in the area, the police are worried that residents might take the law into their own hands.
Useful english dictionary.
2012.
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take the law into your own hands — take the law into (your) own hands to do something illegal in order to punish someone because you know that the law will not punish that person. One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she decided to take the law into her own… … New idioms dictionary
take the law into your own hands — If, instead of calling the police, you act personally against someone who has done something wrong, you take the law into your own hands. Instead of calling the police, he took the law into his own hands and confronted the youth who had… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take the law into your own hands — to punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal yourself If something isn t done soon, farmers might take the law into their own hands. See: lay down … English dictionary
take (something) into (your) own hands — to deal with something yourself. Many people are starting to take privacy protection into their own hands. Mike s mother wouldn t call the doctor, so Mike took matters into his own hands and did it for her. Related vocabulary: take the law into… … New idioms dictionary
take the law into own hands — take the law into (your) own hands to do something illegal in order to punish someone because you know that the law will not punish that person. One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she decided to take the law into her own… … New idioms dictionary
take something into your own hands — take (something) into your (own) hands : to take control of something The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it] … Useful english dictionary
take into your hands — take (something) into your (own) hands : to take control of something The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it] … Useful english dictionary
law — W1S1 [lo: US lo:] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(system of rules)¦ 2¦(a rule)¦ 3 law and order 4¦(police)¦ 5¦(what always happens)¦ 6¦(study/profession)¦ 7¦(sport/activity)¦ 8 the law of the jungle 9 the law of averages 10 be a … Dictionary of contemporary English
law — [ lɔ ] noun *** ▸ 1 rule or set of rules ▸ 2 profession of lawyers ▸ 3 study of rules ▸ 4 explanation of process ▸ 5 the police ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count an official rule that people must obey: The new law will be passed by the Senate in the spring … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
take\ the\ bit\ in\ one's\ mouth — • take the bit in one s mouth • take the bit in one s teeth adv. phr. To have your own way; take charge of things; take control of something. When Mary wanted something, she was likely to take the bit in her teeth and her parents could do nothing … Словарь американских идиом
