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vigilante
noun as in guardian
noun as in posse
Weak match
Example Sentences
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.
The police said they had deployed "additional police tactical units, alongside military personnel and vigilante groups" to the area.
The willingness by the chancellor to take political pain, in the form of breaking tax rate manifesto promises, in order to restrain borrowing in a straightforward way, is a plus for the bond vigilantes.
Instead, they face hunger, homelessness and exploitation by large farm growers and vigilantes.
That toll includes Muslims, Christians, soldiers, civilians and government officials, killed by terrorists, herdsmen, vigilantes, forest-dwelling kidnapping gangs, pirates off the coast, and Nigeria’s own overtaxed military.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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