Dictionary entry
Vigilante
Pronunciation: /ˌvɪdʒɪˈlanti/
Pronunciation
/ˌvɪdʒɪˈlanti/
Myanmar Meaning
(sometimes derog) (မိမိရပ်ကွက်၊ ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်အတွက်) စေတနာ့ ဝန်ထမ်းကင်း။
Definition
vigilante /vÇdʒÇ'lænti/ n ( sometimes derog ) (မိမိရပ္ကြက္၊ ပတ္ဝန္းက်င္အတြက္) ေစတနာ့ ဝန္ထမ္းကင္း။
Examples
- ‘It becomes clear these men are self-styled vigilantes who are attempting to intimidate the looters and take back the goods they have stolen.’
- ‘In other districts
- vigilantes set up roadblocks and patrolled neighbourhoods to deter thieves and looters.’
- ‘The thugs
- vigilantes and enforcers have to end their activities - and be seen to do so.’
- ‘Still
- it was only a matter of time until someone defied the vigilantes and challenged their powers of enforcement.’
- ‘The men claimed to be members of a vigilante organisation but contradicted each other as to which one.’
- ‘A human life has been extinguished by private guards acting as vigilantes in the defense of a multimillion-dollar company.’
- ‘The vigilante is either a lone-wolf cop or an aggrieved private citizen.’
- ‘Health authorities or even vigilantes ought to have shut it down years ago.’
- ‘You want to take sides with the vigilantes and call them heroes.’
- ‘Then they would not be terrorists
- but vigilantes.’
- ‘These vigilantes are an assault on the values of Australia.’
- ‘Set in a world that saw actual costumed vigilantes appear in real life as opposed to the funny books we are treated to a view of the superhero as outcast.’
- ‘Although the details of her release are being kept a secret
- her family's addresses are well-known to the media and any potential vigilantes.’
- ‘Asked if there was a danger that standing up and being counted could lead to vigilantism
- he said that he would not advocate the use of vigilantes.’
- ‘A community of spam vigilantes constantly is improving free programs such as SpamAssassin.’
- ‘The communities around these people are not irrational vigilantes but more likely incoherent with grief.’
- ‘He could have asked for something specific such as proper prosecution of the guilty and a roundup of vigilantes.’
- ‘Just a few months ago the run-up to such an occasion would have had the wires of Wall Street's vigilantes humming.’
- ‘I will also be talking with two outspoken critics of the Minuteman Project who say the minutemen are simply vigilantes.’
- ‘Many were arrested by police and others were injured by unidentified vigilantes.’