Definition of Vigilante
Vigilante
vig·i·lan·te
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(noun)
a person, typically belonging to a group of such individuals, who has volunteered to enforce the law in their community by preventing and suppressing crime without legal authority, especially due to their belief that existing law enforcement is inadequate;
e.g. The arrival of the vigilante made the violence at the protest worse, and the police had to be called anyway.
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