taking the law into one's own hands, an extrajudicial punishment, vigilantism
çekim: çoğul αυτοδικίες · tamlayan αυτοδικίας
köken: From the Hellenistic Koine verb αὐτοδικῶ/αὐτοδικέω (autodikéō) + modern suffix -ία (-ía). Attested since 1833 in Katharevousa as αὐτοδικία (aftodikía).