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vigilantism

noun vigilantisms · vigilanteism

  1. countable, uncountable The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc. Mr Shapiro also criticised the way Israel governs in the occupied lands, saying “too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked,” he said.

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noun activities of vigilante — see also lynching, taking the law into one's own hands

Españolvigilantismo, justicierismo
DeutschVigilantismus, Vigilantentum, Selbstjustiz

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@misc{vigilantism_2026,
  title = {vigilantism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vigilantism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}