| 单词 | death squad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath squad death squad n. a group that carries out executions; (now) spec. an armed paramilitary group formed to murder political opponents, suspected subversives, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > firing squad firing squad1861 death squad1873 society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > paramilitary groups spec. > [noun] U.V.F.1913 squadra1922 Sturmabteilung1923 steel helmet1925 Schutzbund1927 new guard1932 Silver Shirts1934 Stern gang1944 Umkhonto we Sizwe1961 nahal1963 MK1964 Provisional I.R.A.1970 Black September1971 Red Brigade1971 Black Septembrist1972 U.D.A.1972 Symbionese Liberation Army1973 U.F.F.1973 Amal1976 death squad1976 INLA1979 1873 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 19 Apr. 3/2 The scene spoken of is carried through in the usual form of military executions—the prisoner being blindfolded and fired upon by a ‘death squad’ drawn up in a line a few paces off. 1951 B. B. Turkus & S. Feder Murder, Inc. vi. 135 Czar of the Brooklyn waterfront and boss of the Syndicate's newly added death squad. 1976 Guardian Weekly 3 Oct. 8 The victims of the assassination schemes are for the most part political moderates, and there seems to be no geographical limit to the operations of the death squads. 2001 D. J. Whittaker Terrorism Reader (2002) xv. 235 A whole range of terrorist methods employed by both sides—death squads, demolition and burning of property, forced eviction, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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