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Meanings of street justice in English

Russian
самосуд
Portuguese
autojustiça
Spanish
autojusticia

Extrajudicial punishment.

самосуд
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
Usage of street justice in English
1
He liked to refer to it as ' street justice'.
The Secret Crown (2010)
2
Some instant street justice keeps everyone on their toes.
The perfect woman
3
Most bystanders pretend not to notice, accustomed to this sort of " street justice".
The Guardian
4
A few days later, someone shot him in the face-probablyas an act of revenge or street justice, police theorize.
Disintegration: the splintering of black america
Translations for street justice
Portuguese
autojustiça