Usually means: Acting as judge and jury.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word take the law into one's own hands:

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  1. take the law into one's own hands: Merriam-Webster
  2. take the law into one's own hands: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. take the law into one's own hands, take the law into one's own hands: Collins English Dictionary
  4. take the law into one's own hands: Wiktionary
  5. take the law into one's own hands, take the law into ones own hands: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (take the law into one's own hands)

verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To punish someone according to one's own idea of justice, without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.


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