vigilantism
Noun
Meaning
the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws
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But Brett Surplus, an Idaho state senate write-in candidate who helped organize some of the armed patrols in response to Black Lives Matter protests in Coeur d'Alene, argues that citizens taking up arms didn't represent vigilantism at all.
And shorn of capes and costumes, vigilantism is pretty ugly.
In the Western literary and cultural tradition, characteristics of vigilantism have often been vested in folkloric heroes and legendary outlaws (e.
Police have voiced concerns of vigilantism in Townsville.
It’s another when very real issues are sprinkled with trite subplots involving conspiracy theories, vandalism, and vigilantism, making it impossible to take these very serious issues seriously.
Local hell-raiser Jack Slade is hanged in one of the more troubling incidents of frontier vigilantism.