"death squad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death squads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death squad (plural death squads)
  1. An armed group that carries out clandestine, extrajudicial killings. Wikipedia link: Einsatzgruppen, death squad Translations (armed group): dødspatrulje [common-gender] (Danish), doodseskader [neuter] (Dutch), kuolemanpartio (Finnish), escadron de la mort [masculine] (French), Todesschwadron [feminine] (German), יחידת מוות (Hebrew), יחידת חיסול (Hebrew), חוליית מוות (Hebrew), חוליית חיסול (Hebrew), dødsskvadron [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dødsskvadron [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szwadron śmierci [masculine] (Polish), эскадро́н сме́рти (eskadrón smérti) (Russian), dödspatrull [common-gender] (Swedish)
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