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vigilantes
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an individual or group of individuals who take the law into their own hands, acting outside the legal system to enforce their version of justice or address perceived wrongs
- In the absence of effective law enforcement, some residents formed a vigilante group to combat rising crime in their neighborhood.
- The town was divided over the actions of a vigilante who took it upon himself to apprehend suspected thieves.
- The masked vigilante patrolled the streets at night, seeking to bring justice to those he believed had escaped the legal system.
- The community debated the ethics of a group of citizens who acted as vigilantes to address alleged corruption within local government.
- Frustrated by a series of unsolved crimes, a few individuals formed a vigilante posse to track down the perpetrators.
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