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bring to book

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bring somebody to book  (British & Australian)
to punish someone (usually passive) A crime has been committed and whoever is responsible must be brought to book.
See also: book, bring


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Nor has it used its machinery to bring to book the perpetrators responsible for killing 2000 people, innocent people, including some foreigners, in India.
We take any breach of environmental laws seriously and will bring to book anyone who abuses our environment this way.
 
 
 
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