| 释义 |
take the law into your own hands
take the law into your own hands
► C2 to do something illegal and often violent in order to punish someone because you know the law will not punish that person: » One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she took the law into her own hands.Thesaurus+: ↑Punishing and punishments , ↑Punishing by causing pain , ↑Hitting and beating |