单词 | vigilantism |
释义 | > as lemmasvigiˈlantism vigiˈlantism n. originally U.S. the principles or activities of vigilantes or vigilance committees. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > vigilante committee > principles or activities of vigilantism1937 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 27 Sept. 2/7 A public investigation of ‘vigilantism’ in strike areas was announced today through the American League Against War and Fascism. 1942 W. Stegner Mormon Country 96 Perhaps even those incidents were purely unofficial and spontaneous acts of devout Mormons, the Mormon equivalent of lynch law and vigilantism. 1953 Economist 19 Sept. 775/3 In the United States, neither private vigilantism nor the government seems prepared to treat a favourable verdict as final. 1979 Times 6 Dec. 3/1 Africa was confronted, he said, with a choice between a system of collective security and a system of international vigilantism. 1985 Listener 10 Jan. 9/1 The one genuine, spontaneous popular institution in the West was vigilantism. < as lemmas |
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