Meanings
noundeath squad (plural death squads)
plural death squads
- An armed group that carries out clandestine, extrajudicial killings.
Translations
Danish dødspatrulje
- dødspatruljearmed group
Dutch doodseskader
- doodseskaderarmed group
Finnish kuolemanpartio
- kuolemanpartioarmed group
French escadron de la mort
- escadron de la mortarmed group
German Todesschwadron
- Todesschwadronarmed group
Hebrew יחידת מוות, יחידת חיסול
- יחידת מוותarmed group
- יחידת חיסולarmed group
- חוליית מוותarmed group
- חוליית חיסולarmed group
Norwegian Bokmål dødsskvadron
- dødsskvadronarmed group
Polish szwadron śmierci
- szwadron śmierciarmed group
Russian эскадро́н сме́рти
- эскадро́н сме́рти (eskadrón smérti)armed group
Spanish escuadrón mortal, escuadrón mortífero
- escuadrón mortalarmed group
- escuadrón mortíferoarmed group
Swedish dödspatrull
- dödspatrullarmed group
Cite this entry
APA
death squad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20squad
MLA
“death squad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20squad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death squad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20squad.
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