state terrorism

noun

: terrorism by a government

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Earlier this week, a New York state judge dismissed state terrorism charges against Mangione, but kept the second-degree murder charges. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 20 Sep. 2025 More news to know now Luigi Mangione state terrorism charges were dismissed. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 Judge Gregory Carro said the evidence presented to the grand jury to support the New York state terrorism charges was not sufficient. Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025 The Cuban dictatorship has carried out acts of state terrorism against Cuban nationals, including killing 37 men, women and children on July 13, 1994. John Suarez, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2024 Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Gendron, who already is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty last year to New York state terrorism and murder charges. Celina Tebor, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024 Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal tackle a tricky balancing act in their new feature, celebrating the intoxicating lilt of the bossa nova and also investigating the devastating brutality of state terrorism. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023 Separately, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that Paul Bellar, Shawn Fix, Eric Molitor, Michael Null, William Null, Pete Musico and Joseph Morrison — all known to be members or associates of a militia group — were arrested on state terrorism charges. Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023 Many books on the left—think of Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, for example—have linked Pinochet’s state terrorism to his Friedmanite libertarian economic program. Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023

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“State terrorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20terrorism. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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