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The period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as a part of Operation Condor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s
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Broader terms: offense, offence, offensive
Calque of Spanish guerra sucia.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَرْب قَذِرَة
(ḥarb qaḏira)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Armenian:
կեղտոտ պատերազմ
(keġtot paterazm)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Belarusian:
бру́дная вайна́
(brúdnaja vajná)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Bulgarian:
мръ́сна война́
(mrǎ́sna vojná)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Chinese Mandarin:
骯髒戰爭 /肮脏战争
(āngzāng zhànzhēng)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Czech:
špinavá válka
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Dutch:
vuile oorlog
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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French:
guerre sale
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Georgian:
ბინძური ომი
(binʒuri omi)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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German:
schmutziger Krieg
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Greek:
βρώμικος πόλεμος
(vrómikos pólemos)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Italian:
guerra sporca
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Japanese:
汚い戦争
(kitanai sensō)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Korean:
더러운 전쟁
(deoreoun jeonjaeng)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Macedonian:
валкана војна
(valkana vojna)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Iranian Persian:
جَنْگِ کَثیف
(jang-e kasif)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Polish:
brudna wojna
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Russian:
гря́зная война́
(grjáznaja vojná)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Serbo-Croatian:
прљави рат
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Serbo-Croatian:
prljavi rat
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Slovak:
špinavá vojna
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Slovene:
umazana vojna
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Spanish:
guerra sucia
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Turkish:
kirli savaş
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Ukrainian:
брудна́ війна́
(brudná vijná)
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
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Vietnamese:
chiến tranh bẩn thỉu
— conflict characterized by extrajudicial repression
