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  2. List of vigilantes in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of vigilantes featured in popular culture and entertainment media. For commentary, see the main vigilante article. Film. 1920 - 1980. The ...

  3. Category:Vigilantes - Wikipedia

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    In modern terms, a vigilante is anyone who takes the law into their own hands. Vigilantes often operate in secret. Vigilantes often operate in secret. The term vigilante stems from the name " Vigiles Urbani " given to the nightwatchmen of Ancient Rome, who were tasked with fighting fires and keeping a lookout for runaway slaves and burglars.

  4. Vigilantism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There emerged the only major vigilante movement in colonial America. The term "vigilante" was not yet in use, and the acitivists called themselves "regulators." The poor farmers bitterly resented the overpaid corrupt local officials appointed by a distant elite, By 1768 the decentralized movement was highly popular in the backcountry.

  5. Category:Vigilantes in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    List of vigilantes in popular culture; R. Rooftop Koreans This page was last edited on 8 June 2024, at 14:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  6. Category:Fictional vigilantes - Wikipedia

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    S. The Saint (Simon Templar) Lisbeth Salander; Julian Sark; The Shadow; Bobby Singer; Bea Smith (Wentworth) Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse) Jacen Solo; John Spartan

  7. Vigilantism - Wikipedia

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    A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism, or undertakes public safety and retributive justice without commission. Definition

  8. Ohio passed a law to stop vigilantes in 1889. Now it ... - AOL

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    In the late 1800s, a group of vigilantes called the White Caps terrorized abusers, gamblers, alcoholics and "fast women." They burned down saloons, threatened white men living with Black women and ...

  9. Category:Vigilantism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American vigilante films (9 C, 258 P) E. Extrajudicial killings in the United States (4 C, 7 P) K. ... This list may not reflect recent changes. ...