be brought to account

To be made to take responsibility and/or accept punishment for one's actions. If you committed a crime, you will be brought to account soon enough.

be brought/called to account

(formal)

to be forced to explain something you did wrong, and usually to be punished What concerns us most is that the people responsible for the violence should be brought to account.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maude	MAWD	English
Akhmad	-	Chechen
Husayn	-	Arabic
Silvestro	seel-VE-stro	Italian
Jeri	JER-ee	English
Gerontius	-	Late Roman