USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -vigilante Add to list Share. If you’re a vigilante, you might take the law into your own hands by trying to catch or punish someone in your own way. If you wrestle jaywalkers down to the ground, you might be called a vigilante.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vigilantes took the law into their own hands as most of the American mining towns were in remote areas out of reach of the law of the land.

Detailed explanation-3: -(intransitive, idiomatic) To punish someone according to one’s own idea of justice, without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities. After his son’s killer was let off without a conviction, the man decided to take the law into his own hands.

Detailed explanation-4: -vigilante. noun. vig·i·lan·te ˌvij-ə-ˈlant-ē : a member of a group of volunteers who decide on their own to stop crime and to punish criminals.