dirty war
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English[edit]
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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