How to Use vigilante in a Sentence

vigilante

noun

• Bear tries to get the Dogs to turn vigilante, but not everyone seems sold on the idea.
  — Kali Simmons, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021
• So there’s a double mystery: one, who is the rapist; two, who is the vigilante.
  — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
• Yet the bond vigilante crowd doesn’t tend to believe in miracles of the sort to which Taleb refers.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• In all of them, the wealthy vigilante’s defining trait is his stoicism.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• That specter alone could provoke the bond vigilante crowd.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• That’s after some five years of playing vigilante all over the world as Ronin.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 20 Sep. 2021
• Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place.
  — The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2021
• Greg Tate is the vigilante on the other side of AJ’s timing, his best friend in life and afterlife.
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Now, rumors of protests at the bridge and vigilante groups are popping in emails to the sheriff, mayor and county judge.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
• The show introduces Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer by day and vigilante by night.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• Batman might be the masked vigilante doing good for the city, but some view the Riddler in a similar light.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2022
• And a portrait of Penn as a chain-smoking, truth-seeking vigilante.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
• Clint had spent the five years of their absence going down a very dark path as a violent vigilante.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• And something important to me was the righteousness, like if a cop can do it, why would a vigilante do it?
  — NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022
• Caped Crusader is set in the '40s, at the beginning of Batman's vigilante career, and no one knows what to make of him.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 June 2024
• Those groups include the Proud Boys, neo-Nazi militias, and other vigilante groups.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
• Whose lives, and how they would be saved, was unclear, but the message fit the tone of the convoy event: urgent, righteous, and with a hint of vigilante menace.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• Now, with the U.S.’s national debt and deficit both at historic highs, Yardeni believes bond vigilantes are once again out in force.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
• In the Dark: The series about a blind vigilante (not Daredevil) will also end with season four.
  — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 13 May 2022
• But where is the line between good Samaritan and vigilante?
  — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
• Wynne knew about the vigilante violence against the homeless, and disapproved of it.
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Mayfield’s story revolves around a vigilante group called the Smoke Kings.
  — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
• There are rumors of a vigilante who dresses like a bat, but most people dismiss them.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
• But the Marvel vigilante has its eyes set on bigger rivals.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
• Then Al flips again and orders Jack to get out of town before somebody (possibly Al) goes the vigilante route.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021
• And yes, the rumors are true: Michael Keaton will once again be donning the mask and cowl of Gotham City’s favorite vigilante, which will be its own kind of time travel for those who grew up in the 1980s.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2022
• Logs that were placed in the road in an apparent vigilante effort to stop more RVs from parking have simply been pushed into the middle of the road.
  — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• All that grit, grime and urban rot doesn’t come cheap, and bringing Gotham City and its most famous vigilante to life on screen cost a massive $200 million.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Mar. 2022
• That wouldn’t be great news for the vigilantes betting against these Treasury bonds—and the danger could prevent them from running rampant, for now.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
• Creating a new vigilante identity, Nedoroscik sets out on getting it back and keeping the public safe.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024