vigilance committee

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When they learned that the loggers had finally arrived, members of Sawawo's vigilance committee traveled up the Amônia in their boats.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2022

There, Johnston’s vigilance committee helped them journey on to Canada, where their freedom was assured.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2014

Citizens of Memphis formed a "vigilance committee" of 100.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shortly before the turn of the century, cadets set up their own vigilance committee and conducted covert "trials" of those who breached the code.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, that seemed to have been the entire business which had come to a head when the vigilance committee followed him to Mr Coldfield’s gate that day two months before.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner