vigilante
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So we took that story, where the mayor’s side has no quarter for the vigilante side and the vigilante side has no quarter for the mayor’s side.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Local officials say they are working with security agencies and vigilante groups for the safe release of the monarch.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
He insists that he isn’t “a one-man vigilante committee, going around trying to get people to take their feet off train seats. I suppose I’ve done it only about 10 times.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Indeed, a nemesis dismisses John Cena’s namesake vigilante, whose real name is Chris Smith, as “a jingoistic garbage person with the musical taste of the next-door bully from ‘Toy Story.’”
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
In the Hyde Park and Englewood districts, men organized vigilante groups and sent word to Chief of Police Glenman offering aid.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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