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What (who) is vigilante - definition
CIVILIAN WHO UNDERTAKES LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT LEGAL AUTHORITY
Vigilante; Vigilante justice; Viglante; Vigalante; Vigilante Action; Vigilantism reports; Vigilantes; Vigilante gangs; Vigilante group; Vigilantism in India
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vigilante
n. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and/or punishing another person without any legal authority. In the 1800s groups of vigilantes dispensed "frontier justice" by holding trials of accused horsethieves, rustlers and shooters, and then promptly hanging the accused if "convicted." A mother who shoots the alleged molester of her child is a vigilante.
vigilante
(vigilantes)
Vigilantes are people who organize themselves into an unofficial group to protect their community and to catch and punish criminals.
...vigilante patrols.
N-COUNT
vigilante
[?v?d??'lanti]
¦ noun a member of a self-appointed group of people who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.
Derivatives
vigilantism noun
Origin
C19: from Sp., lit. 'vigilant'.
Wikipedia
Vigilantism
Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority.
A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission.
Examples of use of vigilante
1. Some northerners responded by forming vigilante groups.
2. But he added: "We do not condone vigilante action.
3. And it could encourage vigilante activity within communities.
4. Hammer is less a detective than an ultra–violent vigilante.
5. Constant harassment and extortion could be provoking vigilante vengeance.