[vĭj́ə-lăńtē]
(n.)One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's…
(n.)A member of a vigilance committee.
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Vigilante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A vigilante is someone who extralegally punishes a criminal, or participates in a self-appointed committee to mete out extralegal punishment to a criminal or criminals. Members of community watch pr...
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Internet vigilantism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Internet vigilantism is the phenomenon of vigilantic acts taken through the Internet (the communication network or its service providers) or carried out using applications (World Wide Web, e-mail) th...
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VIGILANTISM, VIGILANTE JUSTICE, AND SELF-HELP; ... Neo-vigilantismPseudo-vigilantismcyber-vigilantism ... Detailed case studies about vigilantism can be baffling, so it's important to obtain some on the topic.
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THE NATURE OF VIGILANTISM ... The average innocently educated American has a certain picture of American vigilantism which, like so many of his stereotyped vagaries, he gets from our so-called liberal historians, who know a lot they do not dare to understand.
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8 Awesome Cases of Internet Vigilantism. Wait, the Internet can be useful? ... The first case, the one with Sasha Gomez, showcases the 3 faults with Internet vigilantism. First, it's misguided. I bet there's at least one incident every day where someone steals something like a wallet or an XBox, and sometimes,
www.cracked.com/article_17170_8-awesome-cases-internet-... www.cracked.com/article_17170_8-awesome-cases-internet-vigilantism.html
Vigilantism” Vigilantes have been a part of history for along time. A basic definition of a vigilante is someone who takes the law into his or her own hands. Vigilantes can act by themselves or in a vigilant group. ... More Essays on History of Vigilantism...
www.radessays.com/viewpaper/9801/History_of_Vigilantism... www.radessays.com/viewpaper/9801/History_of_Vigilantism.html
However, in the wake of September 11th, the Bush Administration lurched into a new mode, adopting a politics of vigilantism. ... This recourse to vigilantism harkens back to the days of the Wild West frontier.
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WASHINGTON, DC—In a striking departure from centuries of American belief in rule of law, President Bush gave his approval Monday to a limited experiment in public vigilantism to see if it works. ... "As we phase vigilantism in, be prepared to hear a lot of talk about 'mob-ocracies' and 'tyrannies of the bat-wielding,
www.theonion.com/content/node/31038
By Khurram Farooq ... “KARACHI, May 14: Three suspected bandits were first ruthlessly beaten up by enraged people of the area and then set on fire on the main Nishtar Road as police stood by watching the crowd let the suspects being burnt to death, witnesses said.” LINK ... and by the way who told you its vigilantism ?
karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/16/vigilantism-good-or-bad... karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/16/vigilantism-good-or-bad/