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bring to justice

bring to justice verb: to cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.

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.

Forms of bring to justice

third-person singular presentbrings to justice
present participlebringing to justice
past participlebrought to justice
pastbrought to justice

Questions about bring to justice

What does bring to justice mean?
Bring to justice means to cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.
What part of speech is bring to justice?
Bring to justice is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring to justice?
The past tense of bring to justice is brought to justice.

Words near bring to justice in the dictionary

  1. bring to bear
  2. bring to bed
  3. bring to book
  4. bring to ground
  5. bring to heel
  6. bring to justice
  7. bring to life
  8. bring to light
  9. bring to mind
  10. bring to naught
  11. bring to nought

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