as in nemesis
one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense
the danger of these self-appointed vigilantes is that they sometimes go after innocent people
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Any one of these injuries might stop a more typical vigilante, but Nathan keeps right on going, stabbing himself with epinephrine as needed to keep from fainting.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Set some time after the events of Cox's original Daredevil Netflix show, which ran from 2015-2018, Matt has retired his vigilante cowl, while his archenemy, Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio), sets his sights on the mayoral race in New York City.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But along with this reputation came allegations that he was connected to extrajudicial killings by a well coordinated group of vigilantes.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Today, news reports from the country of my birth cover everything from its scientists landing a spacecraft on the moon and victories in cricket to cow vigilantes lynching Muslim men on suspicion of eating beef and horrific accounts of violence to women.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Set some time after the events of Cox's original Daredevil Netflix show, which ran from 2015-2018, Matt has retired his vigilante cowl, while his archenemy, Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio), sets his sights on the mayoral race in New York City.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
But along with this reputation came allegations that he was connected to extrajudicial killings by a well coordinated group of vigilantes.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Today, news reports from the country of my birth cover everything from its scientists landing a spacecraft on the moon and victories in cricket to cow vigilantes lynching Muslim men on suspicion of eating beef and horrific accounts of violence to women.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Vigilante.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vigilante. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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