vigilance committee

noun

: a committee of vigilantes

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Tom Maxwell suggested reallocating funding toward housing, robust rent assistance, community organizers and vigilance committees, the expansion of resources for mental health, addiction and disability and a citywide participatory budget model. Cassandra Stephenson, The Tennessean, 14 Feb. 2024 Some vigilance committees were more formal and endured for months, years even. David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023 But many vigilance committees existed briefly in response to singular, serious crimes, like cattle rustling or murder. David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023 Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell. Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vigilance committee was in 1835

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“Vigilance committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigilance%20committee. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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