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Meanings of vigilante in inglés

portugués
justiceiro
catalán
vigilant

Member of a vigilance committee.

justiceiro
ruso
вигилант
portugués
justiceiro
español
vigilante
catalán
vigilante

Civilian who undertakes law enforcement without legal authority.

Related terms
vigilante
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Examples for "vigilantes"
Examples for "vigilantes"
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The figures were the ones used in the frontier days by vigilantes.
The Desert of Wheat
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Pena Nieto's top security officials have given mixed messages over the vigilantes.
Reuters
3
There was no obvious presence of vigilantes in central Apatzingan on Tuesday.
Reuters
4
Many of the remaining deaths are attributed to vigilantes and turf wars.
Reuters
5
In all three areas, the vigilantes were controlled by an official committee.
The South African
Usage of vigilante in inglés
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She said the group does not support what amounts to vigilante behaviour.
Radio NZ
2
Strictly speaking, I probably should have arrested him as a known vigilante.
Side Jobs
3
This was the real beginning of a permanent vigilante force in Montana.
The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado
4
Gardai believe the attack was a vigilante beating that went too far.
The Irish Times
5
True, one can detect a taste for vigilante justice in many pictures.
The Irish Times
6
One of the men is involved in vigilante action against drug abusers.
The Irish Times
7
Any watchdog effort is relegated to the realm of virtual vigilante justice.
Wired
8
In May, a 19-year-old woman was found by an army-backed vigilante group.
Radio NZ
9
Who it's for Wachowski fans, and anyone who likes provocative vigilante adventures.
The Verge
10
I had this vision of a larger than life, magnificent, vigilante figure.
The Guardian
11
A weekly AV show of a renegade Confederation officer, a super vigilante.
The Neutronium Alchemist
12
Because if it was before then, then this whole vigilante story's bullshit.'
The last 10 seconds
13
Reckless, maybe, but such was my newfound life as a digital vigilante.
Wired
14
Fleck's first murders mirror the 1984 vigilante subway shooting by Bernhard Goetz.
The Verge
15
But there's a hell of a vigilante effort going on about something.
Nothing to lose
16
Can the vigilante power of social media be channeled towards positive social change?
Wired
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portugués
justiceiro
Vigilante through the time
Vigilante across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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