mob justice
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He added: “This indiscriminate collective mob justice has caused great panic among the public. The court must impose a deterrent sentence on the perpetrators.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
He was a victim of mob justice, the self-pitying Newman went on — making a plea for sympathy akin to an arsonist expressing outrage his shoes were dampened by firefighters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2021
“There will be no mob justice today! Trust in the law,” Reeves says, as the boy in the audience says the words with him, smiling.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
They pretend to be just sorry enough so that maybe mob justice will smile upon them.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2018
And as though the horror of Borg's end were not enough, to be considered the murderer, and haled up for mob justice!
From A Daughter of the Snows by Jack London