take the law into your own handsPUNISHto do something illegal in order to put right something that you think is not fair, for example by violently punishing someone instead of telling the police 不通过法律擅自处理,用私刑处罚 vigilantes who take the law into their own hands 擅自执法的治安会成员
take the law into your own hands• Citizens should not be expected to take the law into their own hands.
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