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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.
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.
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.
a member of a group of people who try to prevent crime or punish criminals in their community, especially because they think the police are not doing this. vigilantes patrolling the streets. vigilante groups. The neighbours have formed a vigilante group to keep a watch on the car park.
A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission.
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.
