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The term is borrowed from Italian vigilante, which means 'sentinel' or 'watcher', from Latin vigilāns.According to political scientist Regina Bateson, vigilantism is "the extralegal prevention, investigation, or punishment of offenses."
Vigilantism in the United States of America is defined as acts which violate societal limits which are intended to defend and protect the prevailing distribution of values and resources from some form of attack or some form of harm.
An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.
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An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
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Internet vigilantism is the act of carrying out vigilante activities through the Internet.The term encompasses vigilantism against alleged scams, crimes, and non-Internet-related behavior.
HMC Vigilant, a British customs cutter of HM Customs and Excise; HMRC Vigilant, two ships and a number of cutters of the British HM Customs and Excise; HMS Vigilant, a number of ships of the British Royal Navy; HSV Vigilant (JHSV-2), a ship of the United States Navy-led joint high-speed vessel program, later renamed USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF-2)