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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

Vigilante, meanwhile, is asexual, Stroma confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025

A great oblivion enshrouds most of these utterances, for few Vigilante movements ever reached importance enough to permit those who participated to make publicly known their own participation in them.

From The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado by Hough, Emerson




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