VIGILANTE


Meaning of VIGILANTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌvi-jə-ˈlan-tē ]

noun

Etymology: Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans

Date: 1856

: 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

• vig·i·lan·tism -ˈlan-ˌti-zəm noun

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