Crossword clues for vigilante
vigilante
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"member of a vigilance committee," 1856, American English, from Spanish vigilante, literally "watchman," from Latin vigilantem (nominative vigilans) "watchful, anxious, careful," from vigil (see vigil). Vigilant man in same sense is attested from 1824 in a Missouri context. Vigilance committees kept informal rough order on the U.S. frontier or in other places where official authority was imperfect.
Wiktionary
n. A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.
WordNet
n. member of a vigilance committee [syn: vigilance man]
Wikipedia
A vigilante (, ; ; , ) is a civilian or organization acting in a law enforcement capacity (or in the pursuit of self-perceived justice) without legal authority.
Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics. The original character was one of the first DC Comics characters adapted for live-action film, beating Superman by one year.
A vigilante is a person who violates the law to exact justice.
Vigilante may also refer to:
Vigilante is an Electronic producer from Chile.
is a beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Irem in Japan and Europe and published in North America by Data East. It is considered as a spiritual sequel to Irem's earlier Kung-Fu Master.
Vigilante is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Magnum, released in 1986 on Polydor.
Capitalising on the success of On a Storyteller's Night, Magnum changed to a more commercial direction with Vigilante. Produced by Roger Taylor and David Richards, the band's sound stepped towards that of Queen, with keyboards much higher in the mix than guitar. The album was recorded at Queen's famous Mountain Studios in Montreux. Three singles were released to promote the album, "Lonely Night", "Midnight (You Won't Be Sleeping)" and "When the World Comes Down".
Tracks such as "Lonely Night", "Need a Lot of Love", "Midnight (You Won't Be Sleeping)" and "Vigilante" laid the groundwork for the group to reach their commercial and creative peak on their follow-up UK Top 5 album, Wings of Heaven.
Vigilante entered the UK national charts at No. 24, and No. 11 in the Heavy Metal charts. The album was well received in Europe, charting at No. 16 in Sweden and No. 59 in Germany, along with a worldwide release in Japan, USA and Canada.
Vigilante is a 1983 American vigilante film directed by William Lustig. It stars Robert Forster and Fred Williamson.
Usage examples of "vigilante".
Small, uncute, and mostly harmless, piskies had been the first-hit by the vigilantes, the worst-hit.
He barked an order to a pair of vigilantes as he motioned Rowling and his companions into the car.
Helena looked after Rhodope while the father was re-interviewed by Rubella, asking questions about the vigilante group.
Mostly I pick up vigilantes, but we think Scrog followed me for a while this afternoon.
A few hundred ameboid vigilantes did start after him in old-fashioned, normal-drive ships, but after a month or so of long and fatiguing interstellar travel at one-hundredth his speed, they gave up and returned home.
A few hundred amoeboid vigilantes did start after him in old-fashioned, normal-drive ships, but after a month or so of long and fatiguing interstellar travel at one-hundredth his speed, they gave up and returned home.
Babel with a remark about the Ladies of Perpetual Disgruntlement, the group of feminist vigilantes who had in recent weeks set the city on its ear with a series of creative and, Kate had to admit privately, funny acts of revenge.
I remember onst the Vigilantes hung Uncle Jeppard Grimes, and it taken us three hours to bring him to after we cut him down.
We lived through the voice of Safety and Anti-Communist Somno-Instruction and Rightest Pills and Jet-Propelled Vigilantes.
Robert Costain told his cohorts that he no longer wanted to participate in their brand of vigilante justice.
His friends had always assumed that being so wealthy and worldly, he knew all about hunters, all about death squads and vigilantes and weapons, and all the workings of the security net.
Karen grabbed onto Judd, ready to step in front of him to stop the vigilantes from touching him.
She turned to see the four vigilantes descend on Judd, weapons raised.
Klan, the Red Squads, the Aryan League, the Sons of Davy Crockett and all the other quasi-legal vigilantes who liked to roar into the barrancas to murder and terrorize.
Jeep Commanches with protective screens, security glass and garish paint jobs were favorites with all the rabid groups who made a practice of venting their angry fear on the structuralsthe Klan, the Red Squads, the Aryan League, the Sons of Davy Crockett and all the other quasi-legal vigilantes who liked to roar into the barrancas to murder and terrorize.