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Help find Prabh Srawn $50,000 reward 11-Jun-2013 At 4:34:13 PM GWil

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On 11/06/2013 Cliff wrote:
>GWil
>
>In what way did the family incite others to take law enforcement into
>their own hands (i.e., vigilantism) as you claim?
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>EDIT
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>No trivial matter.

In context, the wording that triggered this foray into linguistic precision was apparently "vigilante-style independent SAR".

You really don't understand what I was trying to say?

Fine.

Vigilante: (n) A member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority. [Source: Google]

The suffix "-style" denotes a similarity to, without a direct and literal application of the entirety of the meaning. In this instance, the immediate following words set the context: "independent SAR".

From this, it should be obvious that the author intends the statement to reflect the clause to relate to: A member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake independent SAR in their community without legal authority.

If it wasn't, please apply the above contextualisation to my earlier comment. And again, we disagree. Arguing semantics over noun/verb usage in the broader context of whether it's appropriate to act against the advice of the police does seem trivial to me. I accept that you don't, and will endeavour to ensure that my nouns are more categorically obvious in future.