"dirty war" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dirty wars [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Spanish guerra sucia Etymology templates: {{calque|en|es|guerra sucia}} Calque of Spanish guerra sucia Head templates: {{en-noun|dirty wars}} 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. Wikipedia link: dirty war Tags: historical Categories (topical): Cold War Translations (conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression): guerre sale [feminine] (French), guerra sucia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dirty_war-en-noun-~ZEEsXdl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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