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English noun: dirty war

1. dirty war (act) 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


SamplesThousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s.


Broader (hypernym)offence, offense, offensive


Domain categoryact of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act









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