A Syrian terrorist organization.Ec[000000]f[16]LBAl FatahB
A terrorist organization led by Yasir Arafat that is pledged to liberating Palestine from Israeli rule.Ec[000000]f[16]LBanarchismB
In. IA political theory and ideology that holds that all forms of government are unnecessary and unwanted, and that a society based on free association of groups and individuals and voluntary cooperation should be established.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBanarcho-syndicalismB
The revolutionary dogma that trade unions will inevitably control society, a strike being the main threat.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBanarchyB
The absence of government. Criminal anarchy is a doctrine advocating the overthrow of the government by violent means, usu. a felony.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBassassinB
In. IOne who plans to kill someone of prominence; usu. a fanatic or revolutionary killer.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBassassinateB
In. ITo murder someone without provocation, or to kill someone for hire.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBassassinationB
In. IThe murder of someone who has provided no provocation or cause of resentment to the murderer; usu. the killer is hired by another party or the act is committed for political, social or personal reasons.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBrigatas RossaB
See: BRed BrigadeB
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCongressional Assassination ActB
The law which makes murdering or plotting to murder a member of Congress a federal offense.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBexit planB
A murder or assassination plot.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFilthy FewB
A group of assassins within the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBGodfather of International TerrorismB
Nickname for Dr. Wadi Haddad, who helped organize the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which operated internationally. His underground supporters had strong ties to the Red Army in Japan and the Baader-Meinhof group in West Germany. Dr. Haddad, who Ec[000000]f[16]LFdied in 1978, was known for his clever disguises and involvement in risky affairs, such as abduction and assassination.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgoon squadB
A group of hoodlums who work for terrorists or are hired during labor disputes.
Ec[000000]f[16]LB"heavy"B
In. IA thug hired for personal protection or as an assassin.
Ec[000000]f[16]LB"hit"B
In. IAn assassination or murder.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBhit murderB
A killing by a hired assassin.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBinsurrectionB
In. IA combined resistance of citizens to their government; a rebellion.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBinternational disposal manB
An assassin employed by a government espionage department whose orders are to kill an enemy agent.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBinternational terrorismB
Terrorist acts by groups or individuals that are not restricted to one country.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBI Wor KuenB
An underground group of Maoist supporters in the U.S. whose aim is to overthrow the capitalist system.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmurderB
In. IThe unlawful killing of another person with malice aforethought. Cf. Bassassination.B
In. I1. To kill another with malice aforethought.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBnoiseless assassin B
A deadly weapon that produces no noise.
Ec[000000]f[16]L"Bon the spot"B
Likely to be assassinated.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBRaul Sendic International BrigadeB
A French terrorist group named for the founder of the Uruguayan Tupamoro urban guerrillas.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBRavaillacB
In. IA hired killer; assassin.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBrebellionB
In. IOpen and armed resistance to government authority.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBRed BrigadesB
Brigatas Rossa, an Italian terrorist movement.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBred spotB
A professional murderer.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBregicideB
(Lat.)
In. ILiterally, "king killer," used to describe the assassination of a royal head of state.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBreign of terrorB
A period of violence, usu. committed by those in authority, leading to widespread fear; from the period of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBrepressive terrorismB
Any criminal act designed to eliminate informants, rivals, or any person failing to conform to the demands of the terrorists.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBrevoltB
In. IAn attempt to overthrow a government. Cf. Binsurrection; rebellion.B
BEc[000000]f[16]BLrevolutionB
In. IA successful overthrow of a government from within, by its citizens.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBrevolutionaryB
In. IAn initiator of, contributor to, or proponent of a revolution.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsabotageB
In. IThe deliberate destruction of property belonging to a government, its military installations (political sabotage), an agency, or a private company (industrial sabotage), intended to severely cripple their resources and output.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsaboteurB
In. IAn individual who commits an act of sabotage.
Ec[000000]f[16]LB"scope"B
In. IThe telescopic gunsight mounted on the barrel of a rifle to bring the target into view.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBseditionB
In. IThe actions or spoken words that could incite persons or organizations to rise up in revolt against the state. A person generally is guilty of a seditious act when he disturbs the public peace through inflammatory speeches or publishes documents that serve no useful purpose Ec[000000]f[16]LFother than to encourage violence or mayhem against the government. While it is considered insurrectionary in and of itself, sedition differs from treason in the sense that an overt act performed in league with a foreign government has not been committed. Cf. Brebellion; revolt; riot; treason.B
BEc[000000]f[16]BLseditiousB
Iadj.I Advocating sedition.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBseditious libelB
Any book, pamphlet, or article written to incite others to overthrow the government by force or to change the government through unlawful means.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBseditious speechB
Spoken words that encourage or advocate the violent overthrow of the government.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsniperB
In. I1. A hidden gunman who fires from a distance.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsniperscopeB
In. IA scope on a rifle or carbine allowing the gunman to see an obscured target, e.g., a target at night.
A highly organized criminal network whose ultimate goal is to undermine the existing political structure of a nation for its own rapacious purpose.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBterrorismB
In. IViolence or the threat of violence directed against the public or a sector of the public with the intent of furthering sectarian or political goals; the belief that terror is a legitimate tool for change.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBterroristB
In. IOne who uses specific acts of violence, e.g., a bombing, to intimidate or cause apprehension or fear within a civilian population, usu. with the aim of attaining some political objective; one who uses or induces terror.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBTerrorist InternationalB
A movement that attempts to coordinate action, funding, and the spread of technology among terrorist groups.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBtreasonB
In. IThe criminal offense of attempting to overthrow the government of one's own country, or aiding or comforting an enemy of one's country.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBtreasonableB
Iadj.I Involving treason; traitorous.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBtriggermanB
In. I1. The member of a gang that kills with a guIn.
I2. A professional assassin.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBtyrannicideB
In. I1. The killing of a tyrant.
2. One who kills a tyrant.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBWeathermenB
In. IA militant, heavily armed underground terrorist organization that espouses left-wing theories and supports aggressive revolutionary actions. This group, a faction of Student