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复数形式
vigilantes
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治安维护者, 义务警员
an individual or group of individuals who take the law into their own hands, acting outside the legal system to enforce their version of justice or address perceived wrongs
- In the absence of effective law enforcement, some residents formed a vigilante group to combat rising crime in their neighborhood.
在缺乏有效执法的情况下,一些居民组成了一个自警团来打击他们社区中不断上升的犯罪率。
- The town was divided over the actions of a vigilante who took it upon himself to apprehend suspected thieves.
这个小镇对一名治安维持者的行为意见分歧,他自行负责逮捕疑似小偷。
- The masked vigilante patrolled the streets at night, seeking to bring justice to those he believed had escaped the legal system.
蒙面的义务警员夜间在街道上巡逻,试图为那些他认为逃脱了法律制裁的人带来正义。
- The community debated the ethics of a group of citizens who acted as vigilantes to address alleged corruption within local government.
社区讨论了一群公民作为治安维持者来解决地方政府内部涉嫌腐败的道德问题。
- Frustrated by a series of unsolved crimes, a few individuals formed a vigilante posse to track down the perpetrators.
对一系列未解决的犯罪感到沮丧,几个人组成了一个自警团来追查肇事者。
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