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street justice

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street justice
n
(Law) the punishment given by members of the public to people regarded as criminals or wrongdoers


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Peter added: "There isn't a plaque big enough to do the street justice, but it's a start.
And in the spring there is the hope of renewal, of flowers in April, of picnics in the park (nice touch), and family walks to the town square to shout vulgarities at, say, former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld who, given the slightest shred of street justice, would be standing in 16th-century-style wooden stocks in his boxer shorts.
His captain (Whitaker, enjoyably chewing scenery) has his back, fully endorsing the take-no-prisoners brand of street justice that Ludlow and his fellow cowboys (Jay Mohr, John Corbett, Amaury Nolasco) routinely practice.
 
 
 
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