vigilante

Noun

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.

ریشه

Mid 19th century: from Spanish, ‘watchman’, from Latin vigilare ‘keep watch’.

مثال

• The town has been taken over by a gang of vigilantes.
• He became a vigilante after his daughter was murdered.
• The vigilante was arrested for taking the law into his own hands.

ترکیب‌های رایج

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