Hero and Vigilante

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Hero noun - A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.

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Vigilante and hero are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vigilante" instead a noun "Hero".

Nearby Words: heroic, heroine, heroism, heroically

Vigilante noun - One who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense.

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Hero and vigilante are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hero" instead a noun "Vigilante".

Nearby Words: vigilant, vigilantly, vigilance

While this is often a villain trope, there are cases that this trope may be applied to an Anti-Hero or a vigilante (particularly if the character suffered some form of Police Brutality that would result in the Anti-Hero or vigilante hunting down cops as well).

Source: Cop Killer
Marvel Comics also has The Punisher, an anti-hero and Vigilante Man who is occasionally labeled as the judge, jury, and executioner.

Source: Judge, Jury, and Executioner
His best friend and eternal rival, Anti-Hero/Vigilante Man Yuri Lowell constantly snarks about how he gets the treatment of a God-Mode Sue in-universe when it comes to combat and politics.

Source: Parody Sue

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