dirty war
See also: Dirty War
English
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of Spanish guerra sucia.
Noun
[edit]dirty war (plural dirty wars)
- (historical) 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.
Translations
[edit]conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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