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Meanings of self-administered justice in English

The (unlawful) retaliation for an injustice that the affected person carries out himself.

Synonyms
Examples for "frontier justice"
Examples for "frontier justice"
1
Foster thought this was frontier justice and urged another objection.
Carmen's Messenger
2
Quinn, a passionate advocate for the mentally ill, and Bo, the defense attorney with a unique sense of frontier justice.
By reason of insanity
3
They threw at and near batters regularly with a frontier justice mentality, the kind of machismo that mostly had disappeared from the game.
The Yankee Years
4
"I'll settle for frontier justice and getting the hell away."
Anvil of stars
1
True, one can detect a taste for vigilante justice in many pictures.
The Irish Times
2
Any watchdog effort is relegated to the realm of virtual vigilante justice.
Wired
3
He didn't regret the kill; it hadn't been an act of vigilante justice.
The vampire hunter the vampire hunter the vampire hunter
4
Smith said he left New Zealand to escape the " vigilante justice system".
Radio NZ
5
It's not perfect, but vigilante justice is not the answer.
By reason of insanity