Guard
Vigilante
Vigilante noun - One who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense.
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Guard and vigilante are semantically related in keeper topic. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a noun "Vigilante".
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Super Hero: Bizarrely enough, a guard officer turned into a werewolf hunts thugs as a Batman-esque (without gadgets) vigilante by night.
Source: Video Game / The Witcher -
Considering that Kimble looks like a scruffy, insane vigilante, any guard worth their salt would.
Source: Film / Kindergarten Cop - Arrest and possibly execution on the spot, not to mention several bystanders will try to exact vigilante justice while the guard is talking to you.
Source: Selective Enforcement
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