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Vigilante

//ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a vigilance committee.
  2. 2
    member of a vigilance committee wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

    "For example, a voice accusing a man of being a paedophile might be based on recent TV news programmes about antipaedophile vigilante groups, plus the memory of having been accused of being a pervert by a neighbour, plus fears that he might be a secret paedophile because he enjoyed reading Lolita."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.

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