*1: 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]]
*1: 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]]