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    [Noun]  | "vig*i*lan*te" | \ ˌvi-jə-ˈlan-tē \


    1: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice


    Origin: 1856 ;

     Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans;

    [Noun]  | "vigilante" 


    1: one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense;


      * e.g., " ... the danger of these self-appointed vigilantes is that they sometimes go after innocent people "



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     [ "vigilante" ]

    1: Individual who decides to take the law into his or her own hands. Usually due to incompetence by autority or individuals who can't deal with the issue.

      * e.g.,  ... A vigilante decided to kill the leaders of two dangerous gangs so the neighborhood is safer for children. 

     [ "vigilante" ]

    1: na na na na na BATMAN...... Basically, when law enforcement is doing a shit job beacuse.... A) There is to much crime B) They are confined by the law in some way C) They are corrupt D) They are stupid and just don't care Someone rises above all the bullshit and beats the ever living fuck out of the "bad guys" AKA criminals and yes this includes woman... I don't want to be sexist. I mean seriously? Haley Quinn anyone? They rescue the victims, and disappear into the shadows. Like BATMAN!!!!! ;)

      * e.g.,  ... The new vigilante of malunaga city saves New Westford bank after attempted robbery. The police having arrived to the crime with all attackers knocked out and restrained. No causality's and no serious injury's thanks to our new hero ehhem vigilante! 

     [ "vigilante" ]

    1: The one who will mend what has fallen apart when the laws of man have become obsolete with bloated bureaucracy and only serve the rich and powerful.

      * e.g.,  ... He used the ground and powdered bones of the rich as mortar for the bricks that built housing for the poor. What a vigilante. 

     [ "vigilante" ]

    1: Adam Holland. National Treasure. Vigilante Hero.

      * e.g.,  ... Adam Holland - our vigilante hero, making the world a safer place one creep at a time. 

     [ "vigilante" ]

    1: lawlerstalker! in the trees!

      * e.g.,  ... Vigilante is such a stalker, did you see him in the trees with those binoculars? 

     [ "Vigilante" ]

    1: An individual(who without legal authority) takes the law into their own hands in order to suppress criminal activity with violent tactics

      * e.g.,  ... This vigilante act is capitalizing on ceasing crimes faster that the police. 

     [ "Vigilante" ]

    1: Doing good while being bad

      * e.g.,  ... The vigilante killed a weapons dealer to save innocent lives 

     [ "The Vigilante" ]

    1: The best darn hodunk cheesy sheriff cowboi man in all of Pizza Tower.

      * e.g.,  ... Idiot: I LOVE Pizza Tower! 

     [ "Vigilante" ]

    1: An outlaw who punishes lawbreakers personally and illegally instead or relying on the inadequate law enforcers of society.

      * e.g.,  ... They say Batman is nothing more than a vigilante. I say, what's so bad about that? Gotham's never felt so safe. 


     [ "Vigilante" ]

    2: A vigilante could be either a robin hood-ish rescuer of the weak and destitute, a suspect-zero-ish killer of other killers, or a borderline insane killer of "bad people" (se7en).

     [ "Vigilantism" ]

    1: What happens when "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" is completely ignored and being declared guilty by the Court of Public Opinion reaches its logical conclusion.

      * e.g.,  ... All of Bob's peers are convinced that he's the one who stole Alice's car, even though he was legally declared innocent due to lack of evidence to prove it. So they all resorted to Vigilantism and piled on him like vultures. 

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