justice

/ˈdʒʌstɪs/ noun

Translation

FAIR BEHAVIOUR [U] › behaviour or treatment that is fair and morally correct

tarafsızlık, adalet, hakça davranış

She tried to bring about fairness and justice for all. → Opposite injustice1908

LAW [U] › the system of laws which judges or punishes people

adalet

the criminal justice system 688

JUDGE [C] US › someone who judges in a court of law

yargıç, hâkim

690

bring sb to justice › to catch a criminal and decide if they are guilty or not

adalete teslim etmek, adalet önüne çıkarmak

1908697

do sb/sth justice; do justice to sb/sth › to show the best or real qualities of something or someone

hakkını vermek/teslim etmek

This postcard doesn't do justice to the wonderful scenery.1908

(Definition of justice noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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