vigilante
noun
adjective
Origin of vigilante
Related Words for vigilante
band, throng, multitude, crowd, superintendent, angel, chaperon, guard, sponsor, defender, sentinel, trustee, escort, nurse, shepherd, paladin, champion, supervisor, custodian, patrolExamples from the Web for vigilante
Contemporary Examples of vigilante
The lawless law enforcement in eastern Ukraine exists somewhere between Soviet rule and vigilante justice.
And lefties are hailing him as a Batman-like vigilante for taking down a Fox News superfan.
Meet Your New ‘Hot Mugshot Guy’: Sean Kory, Fox News’ Public Enemy No. 1Marlow Stern
November 3, 2014
Slavery, segregation, and abortion led to civil war, vigilante violence, and massive protest movements.
Will California nominate a vigilante, busted boarding an airplane with a loaded gun, as the Republican alternative for Governor?
A growing sex abuse scandal at the Ivy League institution has taken a vigilante turn.
Historical Examples of vigilante
All those who had joined the vigilante movement were marked men.
The Story of the OutlawEmerson Hough
There's nothing I'm so sick of hearing as this vigilante stuff.
Laramie Holds the RangeFrank H. Spearman
"But I gave the vigilante his penny this morning," I said, hastening to the door.
The Fortunate IslesMary Stuart Boyd
"It's the vigilante," he said, returning to the veranda where we were sitting.
The Fortunate IslesMary Stuart Boyd
You don't mean to say she loves that Vigilante—that mining fellow?
Miss DividendsArchibald Clavering Gunter