bring to justice

Related to bring to justice: do justice to, travesty of justice

bring (one) to justice

To punish one for a crime committed. My lawyer is confident that we can bring the man who stole my money to justice. The court must bring this criminal to justice.
See also: bring, justice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bring someone to justice

Fig. to punish someone for a crime. The police officer swore she would not rest until she had brought the killer to justice. Years later, the rapist was found out and finally brought to justice.
See also: bring, justice
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bring (one) to justice
  • bring somebody to justice
  • bring (one) up on charges
  • bring it on!
  • bring (someone or something) to trial
  • bring to trial
  • trial
  • bring out
  • duces tecum
  • make (one)
References in periodicals archive
Two years ago Bulgaria's tax authorities found it difficult to bring to justice those tax evaders, who were revealed to hold about EUR 200 M in Swiss banks after a stolen disk of Swiss banking data was bought by Germany.
He describes at great lengths Cambodian positions that led to long delays in setting up a tribunal to bring to justice those responsible for the grossly excessive crimes of the Pol Pot regime.
"I fully trust the Moroccan authorities to carry out the investigations to the end, identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of this massacre," Sarkozy said at a ceremony at Paris' Orly airport for the repatriation of the French victims' bodies.
Perhaps the most famous witness to receive protection was the man who helped bring to justice the killers of Letisha and Charlene..
The case of Archbishop Wielgus dramatically highlights a serious problem that has gone virtually unreported in the West: the failure in Poland and other former Soviet-bloc countries to bring to justice the officials and secret police who imposed communist tyranny for decades and are responsible for the imprisonment, torture, and death of many people throughout central and eastern Europe.
Secretary of State John Reid must take the gloves off and give police all resources needed to bring to justice those who went out early yesterday to take Danny McColgan's life.
"The feeling was we have got to look for peace and we must also bring to justice the people who carried this out, but we have to look for a peaceful way to do that.
Talking to Lord Nazir Ahmed, the minister said the British government had legal and moral responsibility to bring to justice those perpetrators who had murdered a Pakistani national on British soil.