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The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: law enforcement
Etymology tree English vigilante Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English vigilantism From vigilante + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
vigilantismi
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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Finnish:
omankädenoikeus
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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German:
Vigilantismus
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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German:
Vigilantentum
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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German:
Selbstjustiz
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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Hungarian:
önbíráskodás
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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Hungarian:
önkéntes/önjelölt polgárőrség
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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Hungarian:
önkényes igazságosztás/rendfenntartás
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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Hungarian:
vigilantizmus
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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Spanish:
vigilantismo
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands
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Spanish:
justicierismo
— activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands