take the law into your own hands
成語所屬單字hand
take the law into your own hands — 慣用語
1. To do something illegal to punish someone instead of letting the police deal wit
1.慣用語
釋義
私自執法
To do something illegal to punish someone instead of letting the police deal with them.
例句
The community was warned not to take the law into their own hands.
After the theft, the victim took the law into his own hands and confronted the thief.