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vigilante

[vij-uh-lan-tee] / ˌvɪdʒ əˈlæn ti /




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And Citizen Vigilante is a disturbing film that is catnip for the internet’s worst people, Rebecca Onion explains.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

CapitalWatch describes itself on its website as “A Vigilante of the Capital Flowing in and out of Stock Markets Around the World.”

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Vigilante uses Japanese musical instrument to deter crooks.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

Full of cinematic strings and disorientating key changes, it sits alongside No Body, No Crime, Bad Blood and Vigilante S*** in Swift's expanding catalogue of revenge anthems.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

One of the exhibits later shown in the Vigilante days of 1856 was an ingenious ballot box by which the goats could be segregated from the sheep as the ballots were cast.

From The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado by White, Stewart Edward




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