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vigilantes
noun as in vigilance committee
Weak matches
Example Sentences
In the current climate, fundamentalist vigilantes may well believe their actions are justified.
There are plenty of other vigilantes interested in torturing gay men with the winking semi-approval of the authorities.
In Colombia, vigilantes battling FARC became notorious for brutal civilian massacres.
“Vigilantes implementing Islam upon your own necks,” chimes another voice.
Will Marshall on the delusional project of outsourcing public safety to private vigilantes.
By this time the close formation of the vigilantes was broken.
He also has vivid recollections of the early days when the Vigilantes were the law enforcers and often the law breakers.
The victim continued to proclaim his innocence and the vigilantes finally released him, but not until he was unconscious.
The vigilantes' raid had undoubtedly chased the fear of God into the hearts of the evil-doers.
For, on the following Sunday, Vigilantes gained an entrance to the jail and took their prisoners back without a struggle.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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