Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jungle justice

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: jun-gle jus-tice
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Extrajudicial punishment, including lynching.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2025, 1 September, Chris Ewokor, Mob burns Nigerian woman to death for alleged blasphemy (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y21zxyd6mo Police condemned the killing of the woman - identified in local media as a food vendor named Amaye - as "jungle justice", saying that an investigation was under way to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators."
"If I didnʼt run […] maybe they will make me suffer this jungle justice thing, burn me with fire because they think I am a thief."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does jungle justice mean?: Extrajudicial punishment, including lynching.

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