绳之以法

shéng zhī yǐ fǎ

to bring to justice

Character by character

绳shéng
bind

之zhī
them

以yǐ
with

法fǎ
law

那几个诈骗犯已经被绳之以法。

Those fraudsters have been brought to justice.

Tone: neutral.

News formula, usually passive: 被绳之以法.

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