Usually means: Hold accountable for actions legally.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word bring to book:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. bring to book: Merriam-Webster
  2. bring to book: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bring to book: Dictionary.com
  4. Bring to Book: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  5. bring to book: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. bring to book: Wiktionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bring to book: Legal dictionary
  2. bring to book: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bring to book: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bring to book: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bring to book)

▸ verb:  (UK) To penalise someone for a punishable offence.

Similar:
do for, bring to justice, criminalize, have, present, bring up, chapter, book, take to task, take up, more...

Opposite:
let off hook, excuse, pardon, forgive, acquit

Phrases:
bring someone to book, to bring to book, more...

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Similar:
do for, bring to justice, criminalize, have, present, bring up, chapter, book, take to task, take up, more...

Opposite:
let off hook, excuse, pardon, forgive, acquit

Phrases:
bring someone to book, to bring to book, more...



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