Robert Díaz
Luke
Search results
The meaning of VIGILANTE is 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. The Meaning and Origin of Vigilante.
A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission.
noun. a member of a vigilance committee. any person who takes the law into their own hands, such as by avenging a crime. adjective. done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures: vigilante justice. / ˌvɪdʒɪˈlæntɪ / noun.
vigilante. a person who tries in an unofficial way to prevent crime, or to catch and punish someone who has committed a crime, especially because they do not think that official organizations, such as the police, are controlling crime effectively. Vigilantes usually join together to form groups.
Vigilante is a form of the word vigilant, which means "keeping a watchful or close eye on events and people." Sometimes a vigilante will make news for catching a criminal, and sometimes vigilante groups form to target crimes in a bad neighborhood.
A person who is not a member of law enforcement but who pursues and punishes persons suspected of lawbreaking. Any individual who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
VIGILANTE meaning: a person who is not a police officer but who tries to catch and punish criminals often used before another noun.
