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
Sprigs of fashion by the dozen Thou dost bring to book, good cousin.
From The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems by Schiller, Friedrich
The English Government has scarcely yet entirely obtained the control over this region, which is ruled by rajahs, who are very difficult to bring to book from their almost inaccessible mountain fastnesses.
From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules
This check caused the enemy's line to retire, and Sir Colin himself rode up to the Fifty-Third to bring to book the officer commanding them for prematurely commencing the action.
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by Forbes-Mitchell, William
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 Trollope, Anthony
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