Definitions for Vigilante
ˌvɪdʒ əˈlæn tivig·i·lante

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vigilante, vigilance mannoun

   member of a vigilance committee

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1. vigilantenoun

   A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighbourhood.

2. Etymology: From vigilante, from vigilans

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1. vigilante

   Vigilantism () is the act of preventing, investigating and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority.A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission.

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1. vigilante

   A vigilante is an individual or a group of individuals who take the law into their own hands, bypassing the legal system to enforce their own sense of justice. They typically engage in activities such as seeking out and apprehending criminals or addressing perceived wrongs in their community. Vigilante actions are typically done without legal authority, and they often involve acts of violence or intimidation.

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1. Vigilante

   A vigilante is an individual or group who undertakes law enforcement without legal authority or illegal authority.

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1. VIGILANTE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vigilante is ranked #31790 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Vigilante surname appeared 726 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vigilante.
   
   92.9% or 675 total occurrences were White.
   3.1% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 13 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.1% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
   0.9% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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1. genitival

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vigilante in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vigilante in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Vigilante in a Sentence

1. Pete White:

   A lot of rhetoric coming out of City Hall calls homeless people dangerous, and fuels this vigilante spirit.

2. Makayla Montoya:

   I think we're going to be seeing a lot more of that because they're empowered now by the state to kind of like enact vigilante justice.

3. David McCallister:

   There were people that disliked the Confederate battle flag before and it appears they were just looking for some opportunity to create some kind of vigilante lynch mob calling for attacks on the Confederate battle flag wherever it be located, wherever it be displayed.

4. Judge Charles Schneider:

   I certainly don’t want this decision to be viewed as support of vigilante justice.

5. Andrei Pasichnik:

   Vigilante justice? No. Only the law-enforcement system has the right to that, the Cossacks ... did cooperate with us before, of course, but there were certain individuals that tried to create their mini-states.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Vigilante
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vigilante
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilante
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Vigilante
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html