"Be brought to account" nghĩa là gì?

"Be brought to account" = yêu cầu giải thích -> nghĩa là phải chịu trách nhiệm hoặc chấp nhận sự trừng phạt đối với hành động của mình.

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“It’s a shining example of the commitment shown by our officers to ensure criminals are brought to account and justice is delivered to victims of crime.

"This is essentially a meeting of NATO countries. NATO has instructed the 'opposition', or rather its agents of influence, on how to continue their undermining work more deviously." The Kremlin said anyone who broke the law would be brought to account. "We're not going to play cat and mouse with anyone, but there's no doubt our law enforcement agencies will hold the guilty parties to account if the law is broken," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Will there be law and order? Will any of those people face court charges? Given the lack of accountability that Sens. Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley and others have afforded President Donald Trump, I am doubtful that any of those pro-Trump supporters will see the inside of a courtroom, let alone a jail cell. It is a sad day if no rioter (người bạo loạn) is brought to account.

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