bring sb. to book意思是“处罚某人”、“将某人绳之以法”。

【例句】
Ted was finally brought to book for fiddling the accounts.
泰德因为在账目上做手脚，最终受到了惩罚。

We can work together to bring the culprits to book.
我们配合着将这些罪犯绳之以法。