HyperDic: mak

English > 1 sense of the word MAK:
NOUNgroupMAK, Maktab al-Khidmata terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world
MAK > pronunciation
Soundsmae'k
Rhymesaback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek...
English > MAK: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda.
SynonymMaktab al-Khidmat
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals

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