justiceiro
English translation: vigilante
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|  Selected response from: R. Alex Jenkins Brazil Local time: 02:28 | ||||||
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| 4 +6 | vigilante |
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| 4 +1 | paramilitary killer, paramilitary squad |
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peer agreement (net): +6vigilante Explanation: I think this is it :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2008-10-11 18:24:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here's a rather funny picture from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Baldknobbersrr.jpg OXFORD: - noun a member of a self-appointed group of people who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate. Merriam Webster: : a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice |
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