a member of a group of people who try to prevent crime or punish criminals in their community, especially because they think the police are not doing this vigilantes patrolling the streets vigilante groups
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NAmE//ˌvɪdʒəˈlæntɪzəm//
noun [uncountable]See vigilante in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: vigilante