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- Dictionaryvig·i·lan·te/ˌvijəˈlan(t)ē/
noun
- 1. a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.
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A vigilante is a self-appointed doer of justice who punishes criminals without regard to due process or the rule of law. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and related words of vigilante from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A vigilante is a person who tries to prevent or punish crime without official authority. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of this word with Cambridge Dictionary.
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.
If you’re a vigilante, you might take the law into your own hands by trying to catch or punish someone in your own way. If you wrestle jaywalkers down to the ground, you might be called a vigilante.
A vigilante is a person who acts outside of legal authority to punish or avenge a crime or a wrong. Learn the origin, synonyms, collocations and usage of the word vigilante from Collins English Dictionary.
A vigilante is 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. Learn more about the word origin, usage notes, synonyms and collocations of vigilante.
Vigilante Definition. A member of a vigilance committee. 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.
