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Meaning of "take the law into one's own hands" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS

take the bull by the horns
take the cake
take the chair
take the count
take the fall
take the field
take the fifth
take the floor
take the gilt off the gingerbread
take the king´s shilling
take the liberty
take the lid off
take the mickey
take the piss
take the place of
take the plunge
take the queen´s shilling
take the rap
take the road
take the veil

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS

change hands
clean hands
hands
hold up one´s hands
in good hands
Islands
jazz hands
join hands
laying on of hands
Netherlands
off one´s hands
on one´s hands
out of one´s hands
shake hands
show of hands
take one´s courage in both hands
thousands
throw up one´s hands
wash one´s hands
with one´s bare hands

Synonyms and antonyms of take the law into one's own hands in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «take the law into one's own hands» into 25 languages

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The translations of take the law into one's own hands from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take the law into one's own hands» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

采取法律入自己手中
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomarse la justicia por mano propia
570 millions of speakers

English

take the law into one´s own hands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक के अपने हाथ में कानून लेने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أخذ القانون في أيدي المرء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взять закон в собственных руках
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomar a lei nas próprias mãos de um
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিজের হাতে আইনটি গ্রহণ কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre la loi entre ses propres mains
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengambil undang-undang ke dalam tangan sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

das Gesetz in die eigene Hand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の手に法律を取る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 자신의 손으로 법 을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk hukum menyang tangan dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đưa pháp luật vào tay của chính mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டத்தை சொந்த கையில் எடுத்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नियमशास्त्र कोणाच्या हाती सोपवून दे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yasayı kendi ellerine al
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere la legge nelle proprie mani di uno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wziąć prawo w swoje ręce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

взяти закон у власних руках
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia legea în propriile mâini
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάρει το νόμο στα χέρια κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem die wet in eie hande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta lagen i egna händer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta loven i egne hender
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS»

The term «take the law into one's own hands» is normally little used and occupies the 144.150 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS»

Discover the use of take the law into one's own hands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take the law into one's own hands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Law Into Their Own Hands: Immigration and the Politics
Can it be a decision to take the law into one's own hands? I argue that it is more accurate to think of numerous and widely dispersed decisions that both individually and collectively serve to create "exceptional" life situations for some human ...
Roxanne Lynn Doty, 2009
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Justice for All?: Jews and Arabs in the Israeli Criminal ...
... and even readiness to disobey it, or take the law into one's own hands. On the basis of this assumption, we hypothesized that in a divided society such as Israel: (a) there would be a general link between socioeconomic status and perceived ...
Arye Rattner, Gideon Fishman, 1998
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
Take the law into one's (own) hands: Take over or wrest control, generally due to the breakdown or weakness in established authority; to do as one wishes with no regard for the law. If there is no justice, there will be no peace, because the ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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The social teaching of Rabbinic Judaism
Does this not speak of a case in which the woman has no other way of saving her husband but doing what she did [proving one may not take the law into one's own hands]? BB. No, it involves a case in which she can save her husband in ...
Jacob Neusner, 2001
5
Development and Discontinuity in Jewish Law
Development - This mitzvah also commands that one save a person from sin when he is about to commit a crime, even if one must kill the person to do so X X X X 6. Discontinuity - One can take the law into one's own hands, only if there is ...
Ruth N. Sandberg, 2001
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You Be the Judge: A Collection of Ethical Cases and Jewish ...
The Answer to Fists or Formalities May one take the law into one's own hands? What if it is to react violently to personal anti-Semitism— does that change anything? [ a] Based on a casual glance at the stories in the Torah, we cannot draw any ...
Nahum Amsel, 2004
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Transformations of the State?
... the WTO ruling, criticizing again its ban on hormone-treated beef, the US applied sanctions only after having been authorized to do so. At least within the WTO context the propensity to take the law into one's own hands has clearly changed.
Stephan Leibfried, Michael Zürn, 2005
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Readings in Contemporary Criminological Theory
It may be useful here to reflect on the remarkable expression "to take the law into one's own hands." Where does the negative connotation of this expression come from? After all, it seems quite reasonable for people to take the law into their ...
Peter Cordella, Larry J. Siegel, 1996
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Justice as Sanctuary
It may be useful here to reflect on the remarkable expression “take the law into one's own hands.” Where does the negative connotation of this expression come from? After all, it seems quite reasonable for people to take the law into their own  ...
Herman Bianchi, 2010
10
English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
... might have managed it but for cruel accidents which have almost taken the heart out of them. take the initiative marr iniciativen □ It's up to this country to take the initiative in banning nuclear weapons. take the law into one's own hands ben  ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000

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