bring to justice
Make them answer
To bring someone to justice is to ensure they face legal consequences for wrongdoing—typically through arrest, trial, and punishment.
The phrase implies accountability for serious offenses: The detective vowed to bring the killer to justice.
It often appears in contexts of long-delayed reckoning: After twenty years, the war criminal was finally brought to justice.
- take to courtInitiate legal proceedings against
- arraignFormally charge in court
- prosecuteBring criminal charges
- day in courtChance to present one's case
- hold accountableRequire someone to justify actions
face charges · convict · perp walk · incarcerate · serve time · trial · law enforcement · verdict · indictment · restitution · due process · retribution · extradite · arrest · fugitive · plea · apprehend · wanted poster
bring to justicelet off the hook
acquit · pardon · exonerate · look the other way · turn a blind eye
bring to justicetake the law into one's own hands
Punish wrongdoers without authority
lynch · retaliate · mob justice · summary execution · take revenge
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