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vigilante |
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vigilante n. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and/or punishing another person without any legal authority. In the 1800s groups of vigilantes dispensed "frontier justice" by holding trials of accused horse-thieves, rustlers and shooters, and then promptly hanging the accused if "convicted." A mother who shoots the alleged molester of her child is a vigilante. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who already has been suspended and ordered to sensitivity training for offensive language this season, now has been accused of conspiring with Major League Baseball on handing out vigilante justice. Having a relationship with sheriff Henry Plummer, Thompson draws upon his intimate personal knowledge of one of the deadliest incidents of vigilante justice in American frontier history. The leader of the 5-2 squad is killed, Barron is wounded and an especially vicious killer known as Raymond apparently becomes another victim of the 5-2's vigilante justice. |
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