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单词 death squad
释义

death squad

noun

: any of various extremist groups whose members kill suspected political adversaries and criminals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Moses Ingram stars as Inquisitor Reva, a powerful Sith force-user from Darth Vader’s death squad tasked with finding and killing the universe’s remaining Jedis. Carson Burton, Variety, 28 May 2022 Danilov also claimed that Ukraine had been tipped off to the death squad by sources within Russia’s Federal Security Service. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2022 During this time, Rogelio also allegedly worked with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, a 30,000-strong paramilitary death squad that partnered with the Oficina. Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2021 In 2009, a special supreme court tribunal sentenced him to 25 years in prison for authorizing the operation of a death squad responsible for killing civilians. Abel Alvarado And Lauren Said-moorhouse, CNN, 4 Oct. 2021 With virtually no membership screening, oversight or internal discipline at this point in their history, the Rangers became something like a death squad. Washington Post, 2 July 2021 Why did Marian think that these randos could go up against a Danish death squad? Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 June 2021 Duarte’s public security secretary, Arturo Bermúdez, was charged with heading a death squad that disappeared at least 15 people. Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2020 South Africa, conspiracy theorists point out, was the party with the death squad contacts handy. Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 June 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

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