bring to book
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"I'm calling on the football authorities to investigate both matches and bring to book anyone found wanting. And if nobody is found guilty of any crime then so be it."
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022
The physico-chemical forces we can bring to book; we know their orbits, their attractions and repulsions, and just what they will and will not do; we can forecast their movements and foresee their effects.
From The Breath of Life by John Burroughs
A baronet of course would not like to be brought to book, as she could bring to book such a one as John Crumb.
From The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Judging by their meaning glances at us, they considered us their mortal and cruel enemies whom it would be an act of sublime virtue to bring to book.
From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy
More than once I had the good fortune to be able to bring to book men who had carried on their trade for years, and who had been entirely unsuspected.
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
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