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词汇 vigilance committee
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Definition of vigilance committee in English:

vigilance committee

noun
US
  • A group of vigilantes.

    〈美〉治安维持会

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But the vigilance committee inside me is prepared.
    • While attention was drawn to the cattlemen, the work of the urban vigilance committees continued unabated.
    • One juror had worked for the Union army, and another had protected civilians from vigilance committees and served as a Union scout.
    • Then there are misconceptions like members of vigilance committee being government employees and getting paid by us!
    • This is precisely what occurred in Socorro, New Mexico during the 1880s, when an Anglo vigilance committee arose in opposition to the predominantly Mexican legal authorities.
    • The loyalty of schoolteachers was screened by local vigilance committees.
    • Outside the judicial system, the Confederate military and civilian vigilance committees continued to threaten and attack people suspected of disloyalty.
    • Setting up village vigilance committees in such areas is another suggestion.
    • When the vigilance committee threatened him with death, he retreated to a nearby settlement, Centerville, where the sheriff supplied his group with rifles, raising the specter of a clash of arms.
    • A vigilance committee hanged the three men accused of being the ringleaders, while the lives of the rest were spared.

Definition of vigilance committee in US English:

vigilance committee

nounˈvijələns kəˈmidē
US
  • A body of vigilantes.

    〈美〉治安维持会

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the vigilance committee threatened him with death, he retreated to a nearby settlement, Centerville, where the sheriff supplied his group with rifles, raising the specter of a clash of arms.
    • A vigilance committee hanged the three men accused of being the ringleaders, while the lives of the rest were spared.
    • Outside the judicial system, the Confederate military and civilian vigilance committees continued to threaten and attack people suspected of disloyalty.
    • This is precisely what occurred in Socorro, New Mexico during the 1880s, when an Anglo vigilance committee arose in opposition to the predominantly Mexican legal authorities.
    • Then there are misconceptions like members of vigilance committee being government employees and getting paid by us!
    • One juror had worked for the Union army, and another had protected civilians from vigilance committees and served as a Union scout.
    • The loyalty of schoolteachers was screened by local vigilance committees.
    • While attention was drawn to the cattlemen, the work of the urban vigilance committees continued unabated.
    • Setting up village vigilance committees in such areas is another suggestion.
    • But the vigilance committee inside me is prepared.
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