Meaning vigilante
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vigilanten. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and...
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vigilante"member of a vigilance committee," 1856, American English, from Spanish vigilante, literally "watchman," from Latin vigilantem (nominative vigilans) "watchful, anxious, carefu [..]
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vigilanteSomeone who takes the law into his or her own hands by seizing someone and attempting to convict and punish the supposed criminal.
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vigilanteA citizen who attempts to enforce the law on his or her own, without official sanction or authority.
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vigilanteA vigilante is someone who takes law enforcement into their own hands. Vigilance committees were formed in the South in the 1830's to keep blacks and abolitionists from advocating against slavery [..]
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vigilante(n) member of a vigilance committee
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vigilanteAny person who takes the law into his or her own hands, usually done violently and summarily.
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vigilanteAn individual who takes into his/her own hands the enforcement of law including codes of morality. It means "private security guard" in Spanish.
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vigilanten. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and/or punishing another person without any legal authority. A mother who shoots the alleged molester of her child is a vigilante.
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