vigilance committee

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   a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist

   Broadercommittee

Questions about vigilance committee

What does vigilance committee mean?

vigilance committee means "a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist".

Is vigilance committee a common word?

vigilance committee is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.