释义 |
‖ Action Directe, n. phr.|aksjɔ̃ dirɛkt| [Fr., lit. ‘direct action’.] The name of an extreme left-wing terrorist group in France.
[1980Times 20 Mar. 7/1 A ‘Direct Action Group’ has claimed responsibility for a machine gun attack yesterday against the Ministry of Cooperation in Paris... This is the eighth attack for which it has claimed responsibility since last May.] 1980Christian Science Monitor 3 Apr. 3/4 They arrested two Frenchmen, alleged members of the Action Directe terrorist group, as they boarded a plane at Orly Airport March 27. 1982Times 20 Aug. 5/4 Action Directe, a left-wing terrorist group banned by the French Government on Wednesday. 1986Times 16 July 16/2 In May 1982 and January 1984 ‘joint strategy papers’ were issued by the RAF [sc. Red Army Faction] and the French group Action Directe. |