| 单词 | vigilance committee |
| 释义 | vigilance committeeSEE SYNONYMS FOR vigilance committee ON THESAURUS.COM nounan unauthorized committee of citizens organized for the maintenance of order and the summary punishment of crime in the absence of regular or efficient courts. History/Historical. (in the South) an organization of citizens using extralegal means to control or intimidate Black people and abolitionists and, during the Civil War, to suppress Union loyalists. Origin of vigilance committeeAn Americanism dating back to 1825–35 Words nearby vigilance committeevigesimo-quarto, vigia, vigil, vigilambulism, vigilance, vigilance committee, vigilant, vigilante, vigilantism, Vigilius, vigil light Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for vigilance committeevigilance committee noun(in the US) a self-appointed body of citizens organized to maintain order, punish crime, etc, where an efficient system of courts does not exist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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