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- noun Plural form of
vigilante .
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Examples
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"Exploring the mystique of costumed vigilantes" – Exploring the mystique of Batman, The Phantom, Daredevil and other costumed vigilantes from the golden age of comics and how they have evolved through the passage of time.
OryCon and Powell's SF Authorfest III Booksigning Lou Anders 2009
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"Exploring the mystique of costumed vigilantes" – Exploring the mystique of Batman, The Phantom, Daredevil and other costumed vigilantes from the golden age of comics and how they have evolved through the passage of time.
Archive 2009-11-01 Lou Anders 2009
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But as everyone knows, no group of kind-hearted vigilantes is complete unless they have a villain to fight.
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Yet do-it-yourself-ism is frowned on in almost every other profession: citizen policemen we call vigilantes; citizen doctors we call quacks; citizen bankers we call Ponzi schemers; and citizen musicians sing karaoke.
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And they were facing off with a group of individuals who I describe as vigilantes because they were not wearing uniforms.
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The feeling that compels just men to become vigilantes is fed by the abdication by Government of its proper role to enact justice on their behalf.
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But a group he calls vigilantes just getting started.
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To their credit, like Israeli officials, mainstream American Jewish leaders condemned the price tag vigilantes after the widely publicized defacement of a mosque in Israel proper last week.
Dan Fleshler: How Extremist Israeli Settlers Celebrate the Harvest Festival Dan Fleshler 2011
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To their credit, like Israeli officials, mainstream American Jewish leaders condemned the price tag vigilantes after the widely publicized defacement of a mosque in Israel proper last week.
Dan Fleshler: How Extremist Israeli Settlers Celebrate the Harvest Festival Dan Fleshler 2011
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Meanwhile his children had confided in Laura, who, picking out the word vigilantes from Sebastian’s improbable tale, relayed the gist of his account to Dame Beatrice.
The Murder of Busy Lizzie Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1973
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