Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking the law into one's hands

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing the law in-to one's hands
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take the law into one's hands

Questions

What does taking the law into one's hands mean?
present participle and gerund of take the law into one's hands

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