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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
| Autor: | Dale-USA |
| E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
| Data: | 19/OUT/2011 12:44 PM |
| Assunto: | justiceiro |
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"Avenger" is a good translation, but "vigilante" has a clearer meaning. An "avenger" takes revenge for an evil/criminal action (usually against himself) and normally operates alone. A "vigilante" is seeking justice, not revenge,an evil/criminal action. And he is trying to protect others, not himself. Often he is working as a member of a group (often called "the Committee of Vigilance"). Many towns in the American West had "committees of vigilance" long before they had police officers, sheriffs, etc. San Francisco, I believe, is an example of this. Both "take the law into their own hands". |
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justiceiro – student 15/OUT/2011, 6:39 PM justiceiro – Dale-USA 
15/OUT/2011, 9:54 PM justiceiro – PPAULO 17/OUT/2011, 12:26 AM 
justiceiro – Dale-USA 19/OUT/2011, 12:44 PM justiceiro – PPAULO 19/OUT/2011, 7:14 PM