state terrorism

noun

: terrorism by a government

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Her asylum on the communist-run island among a handful of other US fugitives from justice provided fodder for anti-Castro activists who argued that Cuba should be remain on the US State Department list of countries that sponsor state terrorism. Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 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 According to Rick Santorum, the erstwhile Republican candidate for president and a current standard-bearer of American conservatism, the godlessness of 1789 inevitably led to state terrorism. Patrice Higonnet, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012

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“State terrorism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20terrorism. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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