English noun: Sendero Luminoso | |||
1. | Sendero Luminoso (group) a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade | ||
Samples | Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths. | ||
Synonyms | Shining Path, SL | ||
Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | ||
Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
Domain region | Peru, Republic of Peru | ||