vigilante
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noun \ˌvi-jə-ˈlan-tē\Definition of VIGILANTE
: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice
— vig·i·lan·tism \-ˈlan-ˌti-zəm\ noun
See Examples of VIGILANTE
- <the danger of these self-appointed vigilantes is that they sometimes go after innocent people>
Origin of VIGILANTE
Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans
First Known Use: 1856
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