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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. vigilante <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are people who take law into their own hands, by seeking out, and often punishing, perceived wrong-doers without the full force of the law on their side. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are often perceived as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Criminal</a>s in their own right. Vigilante http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilante vigilantes Batman Batman The hard-boiled <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcyOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superhero</a> created by Bob Kane for Detective Comics in 1939. Also known as the 'dark knight' or, more camply, the 'caped crusader'. Batman's alterego is Bruce Wayne, a spoiled socialite and Playboy. Batman fights crime in Gotham City, a thinly veiled fictional counterpart of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfNewYorkNY</a>. Robin-BatmanSidekick Robin Spiderman The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcyOaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superhero</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1961. Spiderman's first appearance was in the last issue, no. 15, of Amazing Fantasy. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNyqV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spiderman</a> created a trend in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMeg6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicBookSeries</a> that represented a move away from the glossy froth of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvmkYYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superman</a> toward a more realistic consideration of a character's personality and social milieu. Spidey obtained his superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider, causing him to exhibit the proportional strength of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjCnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spider</a>. He uses home-made 'web-shooters' to extrude long strands of a synthetic web-substance at high speed, and uses these strands to fly through the cityscape in a Tarzan/vine-like manner. Spiderman vigilante <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are people who take law into their own hands, by seeking out, and often punishing, perceived wrong-doers without the full force of the law on their side. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are often perceived as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Criminal</a>s in their own right. Vigilante A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWgxLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByActivity</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a> is a collection of workers (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a>) and is defined in terms of the kind of work done. The various instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a> correspond to jobs of all kinds, and not just to those colloquially called "professions". Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjONJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgrammerProfessional</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FoodServiceEmployee</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwl6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesRepresentative</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjilJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Brewer</a>, and many others. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr5OpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByPositionInOrg</a>. type of profession PersonTypeByOccupation vigilante <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are people who take law into their own hands, by seeking out, and often punishing, perceived wrong-doers without the full force of the law on their side. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are often perceived as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Criminal</a>s in their own right. Vigilante Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString vigilante <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are people who take law into their own hands, by seeking out, and often punishing, perceived wrong-doers without the full force of the law on their side. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are often perceived as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Criminal</a>s in their own right. Vigilante vigilante <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are people who take law into their own hands, by seeking out, and often punishing, perceived wrong-doers without the full force of the law on their side. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtwAoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vigilante</a>s are often perceived as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Criminal</a>s in their own right. Vigilante A collection of collections. Each instance is a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Criminal</a> whose instances are all of the same crime type. criminal type by crime type CriminalTypeByCrimeType PersonWithOccupation worker The collection of persons who have a (skilled or unskilled) occupation. Most (but not all) instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a> spend a significant part of their waking hours doing activities that are characteristic of their occupations. Typically their actions are performed for pay (but not always: consider a "starving artist" who is unable to sell any of her works). Note that a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a> need not be working over the entire duration of when s/he has an occupation; e.g. college professors on summer break and the temporarily unemployed still have occupations. Most reified specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a> classify workers according to their job titles, the kinds of work they perform, or the skills involved; while a few exploit other (usually quite broad) features of their working lives (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkALJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SelfEmployedWorker</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DeskWorker</a>). But note that many collections corresponding to what are colloquially considered professions or occupations (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lifeguard</a>, <font color="#ff0000">#$StockBroker</font>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Housekeeper</a>, and many others) are _not_ specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a>, as those collections include people for whom the work in question is not their occupation. Criminal The collection of all individuals who have performed an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrrDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CriminalAct</a>. criminal