Definition of Vigilante

a person who is not a member of law enforcement but who pursues and punishes criminals

Examples of Vigilante in a sentence

Although he didn’t set out to be a vigilante, Peter Parker became famous for finding bad guys and making them pay.  🔊

Going from city to city, the vigilante is always on the search for criminals who need to be stopped.  🔊

Robinhood was a vigilante who took the law into his own hands by stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.  🔊

The armed vigilante refused to let the police do their job, insisting that he could take out the robber himself.  🔊

The cowboy vigilante rode through the town in search of lawbreakers to punish.  🔊

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