vigilante action
C52148
concept
Vigilante action is the unsanctioned enforcement of perceived justice by individuals or groups who take the law into their own hands outside official legal authority.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| vigilance committee | 2 |
| vigilante action canonical | 1 |
| vigilante revolt | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: vigilante action
Generated description
Vigilante action is the unsanctioned enforcement of perceived justice by individuals or groups who take the law into their own hands outside official legal authority.
Instances (4)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Earp Vendetta Ride | — |
| Paxton Boys uprising | vigilante revolt |
| Syracuse Vigilance Committee | vigilance committee |
| Boston Vigilance Committee | vigilance committee |