dirty war

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of Spanish guerra sucia

Noun[edit]

dirty war (plural dirty wars)

  1. (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.

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