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Death Squad

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Noun

1. death squad

a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Death Squad

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noun
a group of people who are sent to murder others, e.g. political opponents

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Death Squad

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1. 
firing squad (sense 1)
2. 
a group whose function is to kill the enemies of a tyrannical political regime or a criminal organization

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Death Squad

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n.
A clandestine military or paramilitary group that carries out the killing of political opponents or civilians deemed undesirable.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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