dirty wars

A form of dirty war — A conflict (particularly one in South America) between a dictatorship against leftist revolutionaries or activists, typically characterized by extrajudicial repression like kidnapping, torture and enforced disappearance.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of dirty war
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