dirty war

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Etymology

Calque of Spanish guerra sucia.

Noun

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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