Justice
Justice noun - The practice of giving to others what is their due or an instance of this.
Usage example: the victim's family felt that justice had been done in the case
Nearby Words: justness, justiceship
Wrong
Wrong noun - Unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this.
Usage example: trying to right all the wrongs in the world
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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If they are out legally, then preemptively hunting them down is not justice because they haven't done anything wrong, at least as far as you can prove.
- Justice League uses the "wrong wire speeds up the countdown" method in the episode "Wild Cards." Justified because the Joker built the bomb in question, and it turned out to be a fake anyway.
Source: Wrong Wire - Bullitt was told to guard the wrong man, uses that man's shooting to trap his killers, embarrasses the DA who sent him to guard the wrong man, tracks the right man down to the airport and prevents his escape from justice with the millions of dollars he stole.
Source: Cowboy Cop / Film
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