dirty war

dirty war
noun
an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims
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thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s

• Hypernyms: ↑offense, ↑offence, ↑offensive

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a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's use of kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilian population often the victims.

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dirty war noun
A conflict in which international conventions regarding the humane treatment of prisoners, civilians, etc are ignored
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Main Entry: ↑dirt

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dirty war,
the use of terrorism, death squads, or other unorthodox means of waging war: »

…more than 5,100 missing persons, victims of…a “dirty war” against leftist guerrillas (Richard Boudreaux).


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