death squad
noun/ˈdeθ skwɒd/
/ˈdeθ skwɑːd/
- a group of people who are ordered by a government, the police, etc. to kill other people, especially their political opponents
- They started forming death squads.
- People lived in fear of the regime's notorious death squads.
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