death squad
noun
: any of various extremist groups whose members kill suspected political adversaries and criminals
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Within a month, a Chilean Army death squad was engaged in a countrywide tour of assassinations.
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
In short, the military eliminated the group and adopted its death squad methods.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
This, in turn, exposed many clergy to political persecution, including Óscar Romero, the Salvadoran priest murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Correa is accused of participating in beatings, electrocutions and other forms of abuses while allegedly acting as part of a death squad operating under former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
In short, the military eliminated the group and adopted its death squad methods.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
This, in turn, exposed many clergy to political persecution, including Óscar Romero, the Salvadoran priest murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Correa is accused of participating in beatings, electrocutions and other forms of abuses while allegedly acting as part of a death squad operating under former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 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 3 Nov. 2025.
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