bring to justice

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

bring to justice (third-person singular simple present brings to justice, present participle bringing to justice, simple past and past participle brought to justice)

1. (idiomatic) To cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.

Translations

cause a person to be brought to trial on offenses

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繩之以法／绳之以法 (zh) (shéngzhīyǐfǎ), 歸案／归案 (zh) (guī'àn)

• Finnish: viedä oikeuteen, vetää oikeuteen
• French: traduire en justice
• Polish: stawiać przed sądem impf, postawić przed sądem pf
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• bring to book

Further reading

• “bring someone to justice” (US) / “bring someone to justice” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “bring someone to justice”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.