Vigilance Committee (Noun)
Meaning
A volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The town formed a vigilance committee to deal with the outlaws that had been terrorizing the community since the sheriff left office.
- During the gold rush, many mining camps relied on vigilance committees to maintain law and order in the absence of formal government.
- The local business owners established a vigilance committee to protect their stores from looting and vandalism after the natural disaster.
- In the frontier town, the vigilance committee was responsible for capturing and punishing horse thieves and cattle rustlers.
- After the collapse of the government, a group of citizens formed a vigilance committee to keep the peace and maintain order in the community.