domestic terrorism

English

Noun

domestic terrorism (usually uncountable, plural domestic terrorisms)

1. A form of terrorism in which victims within a country are targeted by a perpetrator with the same citizenship as the victims.

   Synonym: homegrown terrorism

   • 2015 November 24, Niki Kitsantonis, “Athens Blast Hurts None but Fuels Fears of Domestic Terrorism”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A bomb went off outside the offices of a Greek business federation in the heart of Athens early on Tuesday, causing damage but no injuries, the police said. It was the first such attack under the country’s leftist-led government, fueling fears of a possible resurgence of domestic terrorism.

   • 2019 August 7, Charlie Savage, quoting Brian O’Hare, “What Could a Domestic Terrorism Law Do?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     In a statement on Tuesday, the president of the F.B.I. Agents Association, Brian O’Hare, urged Congress “to make domestic terrorism a federal crime. This would ensure that F.B.I. agents and prosecutors have the best tools to fight domestic terrorism.”

   • 2019 August 15, Vivian Wang, “New York Moves to Classify Killings Fueled by White Supremacy as Domestic Terrorism”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Expressing deep concern about violence tied to white supremacy and other forms of bigotry, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed on Thursday to make New York the first state to classify “hate-fueled” killings as domestic terrorism.

Further reading

• domestic terrorism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia