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(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible. / (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.

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throw the book at

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throw the book at

Verb

idiomatic informal transitive

Japanese Meaning

可能な限り多くの罪で起訴または有罪判決を下す / 極めて厳しい罰を科す

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捜査の後、地方検事は汚職に関与したその役人を立証できる限りのあらゆる罪で起訴すると誓った。

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(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible.

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(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.

[C]riminals ... dreaded to be brought into his court, as a conviction meant a severe sentence. As one criminal expressed it to another, "The judge throws the book at you."

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, the, book, at.

throws the book at

（ present singular third-person ）

throwing the book at

（ participle present ）

threw the book at

（ past ）

thrown the book at

（ participle past ）

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