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noun
1.
a member of a vigilance committee.
2.
any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.
adjective
3.
done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures: vigilante justice.
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Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; < Spanish: vigilant
1825–35, Americanism; < Spanish: vigilant
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Example Sentences
- Last week, after a series of daring daylight holdups and car thefts, the capital was hit by spasms of vigilante violence.
- If you become militant or try to be a vigilante you are only going to cause problems.
- They held vigilante patrols to enforce public morals.
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Word Origin & History
vigilante
"member of a vigilance committee," 1856, Amer.Eng., from Sp. vigilante, lit. "watchman," from L. vigilantem (see vigilance). Vigilant man in same sense is attested from 1824 in a Missouri context. Vigilance committees kept informal rough order on the frontier or in other
EXPANDplaces where official authority was imperfect.
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