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Vigilante
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an individual or group of individuals who take the law into their own hands, acting outside the legal system to enforce their version of justice or address perceived wrongs
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
vigilantes
Examples
In the absence of effective law enforcement, some residents formed a vigilante group to combat rising crime in their neighborhood.
