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death squad
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death squad
n.
A clandestine military or paramilitary group employed to carry out political assassinations.
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Noun1.death squad - a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval)death squad - a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval)
hit squad - a team of assassins
Translations
death squad n → squadra della morte
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Rendon, 43, led a 1,500-strong private army composed mainly of former members of a disbanded, right-wing paramilitary death squad, the AUC, a Spanish acronym for the Self Defense Units of Colombia.
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