death squad
noun
: any of various extremist groups whose members kill suspected political adversaries and criminals
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Moreover, this spring, the prosecutor’s office in Tver ordered the removal of memorial plaques from a building in whose basement Stalin’s death squads had executed more than 6,000 Poles.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2020
Duterte, who led the Philippines from 2016 to 2022, will face allegations of crimes against humanity for overseeing death squads in his anti-drug crackdown.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
But importantly, the prosecution is also of Duterte’s nationalization of the strategy of death squads.
—Lisandro Claudio, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
Days later, that aunt would also be killed by a death squad.
—Jasmine Romero, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2020
Duterte, who led the Philippines from 2016 to 2022, will face allegations of crimes against humanity for overseeing death squads in his anti-drug crackdown.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
But importantly, the prosecution is also of Duterte’s nationalization of the strategy of death squads.
—Lisandro Claudio, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
Days later, that aunt would also be killed by a death squad.
—Jasmine Romero, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for death squad
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“Death squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20squad. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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