chastisers

plural of chastiser
as in vigilantes
one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense the highway patrolman who is the committed chastiser of those motorists who regard speed limits as no more than suggestions

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Noun
  • Armed with clubs and pistols, vigilantes went door to door, herding more than three hundred men, women, and children through the streets and out of town.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Crump’s high-profile cases include representing the families of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people whose deaths by law enforcement officials and vigilantes sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Nevermore kids soon encounter their ideal nemeses in a troop of normie paramilitary Boy Scout types who’ve reserved the camp for the same days.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Chastisers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastisers. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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