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What is a vigilante?

What is a vigilante? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.
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After a resurgence of vigilante action, including necklacing, he had asked the agencies for information on why it was happening.
Police are offering rewards for any information about the vigilante, the hostage, or the robber.
The Canadian Illustrated News would remain an advocate of the rule of law over vigilante justice.
Are they a powerful mechanism for fact-checking the mainstream media or a new form of vigilante justice?
The large vigilante squad turned out to consist largely of Tibetan Buddhist Sherpas.
Michael Caine plays a septuagenarian vigilante who massacres South London hoodies.

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