Definitions for vigilante

vigilante vig·i·lan·te

Spelling: [vij-uh-lan-tee]
IPA: /ˌvɪdʒ əˈlæn ti/

Vigilante is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 411 anagrams from letters in vigilante (aegiilntv).

Definitions for vigilante

noun

  1. a member of a vigilance committee.
  2. any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.

adjective

  1. done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures:

Origin of vigilante

1825-35, Americanism; Spanish: vigilant

Examples for vigilante

The lawless law enforcement in eastern Ukraine exists somewhere between Soviet rule and vigilante justice.

There's nothing I'm so sick of hearing as this vigilante stuff.

And lefties are hailing him as a Batman-like vigilante for taking down a Fox News superfan.

You don't mean to say she loves that vigilante—that mining fellow?

"But I gave the vigilante his penny this morning," I said, hastening to the door.

Will California nominate a vigilante, busted boarding an airplane with a loaded gun, as the Republican alternative for Governor?

"It's the vigilante," he said, returning to the veranda where we were sitting.

A growing sex abuse scandal at the Ivy League institution has taken a vigilante turn.

All those who had joined the vigilante movement were marked men.

Slavery, segregation, and abortion led to civil war, vigilante violence, and massive protest movements.

Word Value for vigilante
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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