- vigilance committee
- noun Date: 1835 a committee of vigilantes
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vigilance committee
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Vigilance committee — Vigilance Vig i*lance, n. [L. vigilantia: cf. F. vigilance.] 1. The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness. [1913 Webster] 2. Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection. Cowper. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vigilance committee — ☆ vigilance committee n. a group organized outside of legal authority to keep order and punish crime because the usual law enforcement agencies do not exist or are alleged to be inefficient … English World dictionary
Vigilance committee — A vigilance committee, in the 19th century United States, was a group of private citizens who organized themselves for self protection. The committees were established in areas where there was no local law enforcement, or where the local… … Wikipedia
Vigilance committee (trade union) — A vigilance committee is an unofficial grouping within a trade union, formed for the purpose of putting pressure on that union s leadership to pursue alternative policies or to pursue existing policies with increased vigour. Vigilance committees… … Wikipedia
vigilance committee — noun a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist • Hypernyms: ↑committee, ↑citizens committee … Useful english dictionary
vigilance committee — /ˈvɪdʒələns kəˌmɪti/ (say vijuhluhns kuh.mitee) noun 1. a committee of a trade union organised to ensure that award conditions of employment are maintained. 2. Chiefly US an unauthorised committee of citizens organised for the maintenance of… …
vigilance committee — 1. an unauthorized committee of citizens organized for the maintenance of order and the summary punishment of crime in the absence of regular or efficient courts. 2. Hist. (in the South) an organization of citizens using extralegal means to… … Universalium
vigilance committee — police force composed of volunteers … English contemporary dictionary
vigilance committee — noun US a group of vigilantes … English new terms dictionary
vigilance committee — vig′ilance commit tee n. law an unauthorized group of citizens organized to maintain order and mete out punishment in the absence of a regular court • Etymology: 1825–35, amer … From formal English to slang
