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pagad

/ˈpæɡ.æd/

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noun

/ˈpæɡ.æd/formalpoliticalabbreviation
  • ruИмя собственное, относящееся к южноафриканской организации, основанной в 1996 году, первоначально для борьбы с наркобаронами, которая превратилась в группу линчевателей с антизападными взглядами и связями с исламскими экстремистами, подозреваемую в городском терроризме.

A proper noun referring to a South African organization formed in 1996, initially to combat drug lords, which evolved into a vigilante group with anti-Western views and ties to Islamic extremists, suspected of urban terrorism.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. South African vigilante groupC1formal

    A South African organization originally formed in 1996 to combat drug lords, which later evolved into a vigilante group with anti-Western views and alleged ties to Islamic extremists.

    ruЮжноафриканская группа бдительности

    • PAGAD was initially established to fight drug dealers in Cape Town.
    • The group's activities shifted towards urban terrorism in the late 1990s.
    • Authorities suspect PAGAD of having connections with extremist networks in the Middle East.