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Joseph Raymond Mccarthy

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Noun

1. joseph mccarthy, joseph raymond mccarthy, mccarthy

United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Joseph Raymond Mccarthy

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American politician. A US senator from Wisconsin (1947-1957), he presided over the permanent subcommittee on investigations and held public hearings in which he accused army officials, members of the media, and public figures of being Communists. His charges were never proved, and he was censured by the Senate in 1954.

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