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

  • (..) Let me get hard evidence, because what we have now is just-- What we have is probable cause. And truckers arming themselves for some good old-fashioned vigilante mayhem. - Tell us about Hector, Brian. - Latinos with spear guns. Give me a break. Hector's still working on the engines, (..)
    2001 The Fast and the Furious