Definitions

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  • noun the activities of a vigilante

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  • noun the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws

Etymologies

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vigilante +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • Actually, it features no super powers, and the vigilantism is more Home Alone than Death Wish.

    Official Defendor Movie Trailer | /Film 2010

  • And I wouldn ` t even use the word vigilantism, although you know, it ` s really rooted in that word vigilant, which is a good thing for parents.

    CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2007 2007

  • Harper said previous government refrained from stiffening the law because "they wanted to avoid vigilantism, which is a genuine threat to the rule of law."

    Thestar.com - Home Page Linda Diebel 2011

  • Harper said previous government refrained from stiffening the law because "they wanted to avoid vigilantism, which is a genuine threat to the rule of law."

    Thestar.com - Home Page Linda Diebel 2011

  • And even if what happened last week can be called vigilantism, we should all remember that movie audiences tended to side with the Charles Bronson-type characters in "Death Wish" and similar movies.

    WebProWorld Discussion Forum - Full Feed 2009

  • And even if what happened last week can be called vigilantism, we should all remember that movie audiences tended to side with the Charles Bronson-type characters in "Death Wish" and similar movies.

    WebProWorld Discussion Forum - Full Feed 2009

  • Having been raised to believe that guns are bad and that aggressive self-defense aka vigilantism, was the province of reactionary yahoos and bigots,

    ShrinkWrapped 2009

  • Having been raised to believe that guns are bad and that aggressive self-defense aka vigilantism, was the province of reactionary yahoos and bigots,

    ShrinkWrapped 2009

  • Any public intervention in the field is dismissed as "vigilantism".

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • Any public intervention in the field is dismissed as "vigilantism".

    Have a Go with Kiron Reid 2008

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