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Noun Concept
Categories: Vigilantism, Vigilantism in the United States
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vigilance committee  Committee of vigilance  Vigilance commitee
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A volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist WordNet 3.0
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A volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A vigilance committee is a group of private citizens who take it upon themselves to administer law and order or exercise power in places where they considered the governmental structures or actions inadequate. Wikipedia
A group of private citizens formed to administer law Wikipedia Disambiguation
Group formed by private citizens to administer law and order where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate Wikidata
A group of private citizens who administered justice where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate. Wiktionary
IS A
committee
military unit
NL
burgerwacht
HAS KIND
schutterij
Anti Horse Thief Association
HAS INSTANCE
Whitechapel Vigilance Committee
Die Geharnischten
NL
Amsterdamse Vrijwillige Burgerwacht
COUNTRY
Belgium
Netherlands
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Committee of vigilance, Vigilance commitee, Vigilance Committee

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