vigilante

Example Sentences

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The military, police and local vigilantes are conducting a search for the children, combing nearby forests and remote routes believed to have been used by the gunmen.

From BBC

In 1851 a band of vigilantes known as the Mariposa battalion rampaged through Yosemite, burning the homes and food of Native Americans living there and killing male members of Yosemite tribes.

From Los Angeles Times

Such scenes look ominous to extremism analysts who warn of an elevated risk of political violence from vigilantes who wield the AR-15 as both tool and symbol.

From Washington Post

The rupture between Saudi Arabia and Iran occurred in 2016 when a vigilante mob ransacked the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after the execution of a Shia cleric by Saudi Arabia.

From New York Times

While Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog urged settlers not to engage in vigilante actions, other members of the ruling coalition fanned the flames.

From Seattle Times