HyperDic: vigilance_committee

English > 1 sense of the expression *vigilance committee*:
NOUN	group	vigilance committee	a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist

English > *vigilance committee*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	A volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist.
Broader	committee, citizens committee	A self-constituted organization to promote something