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- adjective Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a
vigilante .
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Trouble is, the longer we travel from the historically recent period (to which Munday refers) in this country when firearms ownership was simply not an issue (my grandparents' generation) into the present day when "guns" is a ju-ju word invoked by Leftists everywhere to conjure visions of redneck vigilantist anarchy, the more likely it becomes that self-defence with firearms is viewed with alarm by an ever more emasculated public.
Guns and Mumbai Dan Vevers 2008
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MANGALORE: In the wake of the attack on guests at a pub here by Sri Ram Sene activists - the latest in a series of vigilantist acts in this district by members of Hindutva organisations - the district police have decided to initiate action under the 'Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Goondas Act, 1985.'
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