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jungle justice

jungle justice noun: extrajudicial punishment, including lynching.

Noun

jungle justice (uncountable)

  1. (Nigeria) Extrajudicial punishment, including lynching.
    • Police condemned the killing of the woman - identified in local media as a food vendor named Amaye - as "jungle justice", saying that an investigation was under way to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators.2025, 1 September, Chris Ewokor, Mob burns Nigerian woman to death for alleged blasphemy (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y21zxyd6mo
    • If I didnʼt run […] maybe they will make me suffer this jungle justice thing, burn me with fire because they think I am a thief.2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 148

Questions about jungle justice

What does jungle justice mean?
Jungle justice means extrajudicial punishment, including lynching.
What part of speech is jungle justice?
Jungle justice is a noun.

Words near jungle justice in the dictionary

  1. jungle gym
  2. jungle gyms
  3. jungle hen
  4. jungle hens
  5. jungle juice
  6. jungle justice
  7. Jungle Mahal
  8. Jungle Mahals
  9. jungle mouth
  10. jungle music
  11. jungle nymph

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