Answer: vigilante

AnswerCrossword Clue
VIGILANTEOater stock character
VIGILANTEMember of a frontier group to enforce law and order.
VIGILANTEPhenomenon of frontier days.
VIGILANTESpanish for "watchman"
VIGILANTEOne who shortens the legal process?
VIGILANTEOne taking the law into one's own hands
VIGILANTEOne who doesn't wait for the police
VIGILANTESelf-appointed lawman
vigilante(Spanish) any person executing summary justice in the absence or breakdown of legally constituted law enforcement bodies
vigilanteA member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate