death squad
noun
: any of various extremist groups whose members kill suspected political adversaries and criminals
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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.
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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
Smoke rises from the cities; the highways are filled with walls of wrecked cars; suicide bombers dive into crowds lined up for water rations; death squads, snipers, and mass graves dot the countryside.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024
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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
Smoke rises from the cities; the highways are filled with walls of wrecked cars; suicide bombers dive into crowds lined up for water rations; death squads, snipers, and mass graves dot the countryside.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024
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 1 Apr. 2025.
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