Engelsk navneord: dirty war |
1. | dirty war (om handling) an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s.
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| Mindre specifikke termer | offence, offense, offensive |
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| Overordnet emneområde | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act |
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