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PRONUNCIATION OF DEATH SQUAD

death squad  [dɛθ skwɒd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH SQUAD

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Death squad is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DEATH SQUAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Death squad

A death squad is an armed squad that conducts extrajudicial killings, and forced disappearances of persons for the purposes of political repression, genocide, or revolutionary terror. These killings are often conducted in ways meant to ensure the secrecy of the killers' identities, so as to avoid accountability.[1][2] Death squads are often, but not exclusively, associated with police states, one party states, or military dictatorships. It is not unheard of, however, for democratic governments to form death squads during a state of emergency and then disband them once the crisis passes. Death squads may have the support of domestic or foreign Governments. They may comprise a secret police force, paramilitary groups, or government soldiers and policemen. They may also be organized as vigilantes. When death squads are not controlled by the State, they may consist of insurgent forces or organized crime.

Definition of death squad in the English dictionary

The definition of death squad in the dictionary is a group of people who are sent to murder others, e.g. political opponents.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEATH SQUAD


Awadh
əˈwɒd
godsquad
ˈɡɒdˌskwɒd
quad
kwɒd
quod
kwɒd
squad
skwɒd
swad
swɒd
tightwad
ˈtaɪtˌwɒd
wad
wɒd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH SQUAD

death mask
death metal
death notice
death penalty
death rate
death rattle
death ray
death roll
death row
death seat
death sentence
death tax
death threat
death throes
death toll
death tourist
death trap
Death Valley
death warrant
death wish

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH SQUAD

bunco squad
Crime Squad
demolition squad
drug squad
drugs squad
firing squad
flying squad
Fraud Squad
hit squad
Murder Squad
Narcotics Squad
Obscene Publications Squad
riot squad
snatch squad
vice squad

Synonyms and antonyms of death squad in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «death squad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATH SQUAD

Find out the translation of death squad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of death squad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «death squad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暗杀团
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escuadrón de la muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

death squad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौत टीम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرق الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эскадрон смерти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grupo de extermínio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যুর দল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

escadron de la mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skuad kematian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Todeskommando
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暗殺団
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

암살단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Regu mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đội tử thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரண அணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यू दल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölüm ekibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

squadrone della morte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skład śmierć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ескадрон смерті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Clubul moarte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τάγματος θανάτου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood span
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödspatrull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dødsskvadron
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death squad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH SQUAD»

The term «death squad» is regularly used and occupies the 101.559 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death squad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH SQUAD»

Discover the use of death squad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to death squad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Death Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror
The first work to focus specifically on the anthropology of state terror.
Jeffrey A. Sluka, 2011
2
Final Justice: Police and Death Squad Homicides of ...
Contents.
‎1994
3
The Death Squad
On the streets of New York, someone's killing criminals--and their pals--in cold blood. Some cops think the killer is Sgt. Joe Ryker. But when the death squad wastes his best friend, Ryker starts dealing out some justice of his own!
Jack Cannon, 1991
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"You Can Die Any Time": Death Squad Killings in Mindanao
Note on methodology -- Map of Mindanao --Background -- Pattern of killings -- Map of Davao City -- Victims -- Targeted killings -- The perpetrators : inside the Davao death squad -- Failure to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators -- ...
Human Rights Watch (Organization), Anna Neistat, Kay Seok, 2009
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Death Squad
Carter is sent to investiagte the kidnapping of the son of dying Latin American dictator Carlos Baldez, and must act before the country's greedy generals and fierce rebels start a bloody civil war
Nick Carter, 1987
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The Rat Bastards Book 2: Death Squad
Friend or foe, stay out of their way!Malaria can't slow them down.
Len Levinson, 2011
7
Death Squad
A gritty and atmospheric portrait of Tyneside s seedy side
Roy Lewis, 2007
8
The Death Squad
Four inept dark angels set out to finish off those who elude their "death date" as opposed to a good angel who saves them.
Trey Haynes, 2010
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Death Squad
When the Mafia places a $100,000 bounty on Mack Bolan's head, he recruits nine of the toughest, meanest Vietnam vets and wages a bloody war against the agents of orgranized crime
Don Pendleton, 1988
10
Flight to Freedom: The Story of Central American Refugees in ...
At the time, a death squad finding a hidden gun like that in a private home usually resulted in a slaughter of the entire family. Thinking over all of these things made me feel very distressed. About an hour later, my aunt Carmela came to tell us ...
Rossana Pérez, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH SQUAD»

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Danny Passarella and Perc collaborate on Videodrome
Passarella is known for his Passarella Death Squad t-shirt line, but he's also released a fair number of records under that name, including last ... «Resident Advisor, Jul 15»
2
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull downplays threat of ISIS …
... regime was in the past; He denied the comments were directed toward the Prime Minister ... who has repeatedly called ISIS a 'death squad'. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Ukraine Merges Nazis and Islamists to Fight Russians
The regime has shown little concern about widespread reports of “death squad” operations targeting suspected pro-Russian sympathizers in ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
4
Reap the rewards with friends in Hounds: The Last Hope
The rewards obtained for each individual once reaching level 10 from referring one-four friends will be a Secret Death Squad Bulletproof ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
5
The Globalists Are Racing to World War III Before the American …
... run cocaine in exchange for arming Reagan's freedom-fighting death squad commandos butchering over 200,000 Central Americans. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
6
Batalanda's ghosts return to haunt Ranil
... to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) directly linking Mr. Wickremesinghe to persons alleged to be members of a death squad. «Lankaweb, Jul 15»
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Seven Reasons to Scrap the USA's $1 Billion Aid Package to …
... forces since the 2009 coup than during the entire 1980s, when the CIA-trained 'Battalion 3-16' death squad kept the population in terror. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
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Bird Peterson premieres new song “Not Again” and “Sugarface …
... groovy synthpop artist and former Twin Shadow bassist Rush Midnight, electropop trio Keeper, and rap collective Space Camp Death Squad. «Consequence of Sound, Jun 15»
9
Newsflash, Politico: 'Patent Death Squad' Alive and Well
Politico, the popular political journalism publication, recently ran the story “Patent Reform Advocates: PTO Process Not Patent 'Death Squad. «The National Law Review, Jun 15»
10
'Death Squad' Cops to Challenge Racketeering Charge
Attorneys representing the so-called "Cato Manor Death Squad" are set to challenge the racketeering charges against the squad, the High ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»

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