NOUN | group | Red Army Faction, RAF | a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany |
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Meaning | A Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998. | |
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Synonym | RAF | |
Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The 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 of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
Region | Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, FRG | A republic in central Europe |
Spanish | Red Army Faction |
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