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Posted on 05-12-10 10:05 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Maoists are addicted to this word. Based on it's meaning, doesn't this word describe maoists themselves more than anyone else?


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vig·i·lan·te

 
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 [vij-uh-lan-tee] Show IPA


–noun
1.
a member of a vigilance committee.

2.
any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.

–adjective
3.
done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures: vigilante justice.



Use vigilante in a Sentence
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; < Sp: vigilant

—Related forms
vig·i·lan·te·ism, vig·i·lan·tism
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 [vij-uh-lan-tiz-uhm, vij-uh-luhn-tiz-uhm] Show IPA, noun


—Can be confused: vigilant, vigilante.

 
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Until now I wasn't sure what the hoopla is about. I was thinking of Vigilant and didn't know why they were maknig all the fuss. Good posting.
 

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