vigilante

Definition

  • noun: a person who is not a police officer but who tries to catch and punish criminals
  • noun: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
  • often used before another noun

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) So have I. Okay. Okay, okay, okay. I gotta tell you this one thing. I gotta tell you this thing about... -...the vigilante and the car thief. - Oh, okay. What? - No, no, no. - I don't want to talk about that. Forget that. (..)
    2012 The Amazing Spider-Man
  • (..) You got a description? Well, no, he wears a mask. A mask? Most of his victims... ...are suspects with serious rap sheets. They're calling him a vigilante. Okay, he's not a vigilante, he's an anarchist. Help me, somebody! Arrest me! Get me out of here. Hey, look! (..)
    2012 The Amazing Spider-Man