death squad

• Grupo armado, geralmente não oficial ou paramilitar, que comete assassinatos, execuções ou eliminações seletivas, normalmente com motivações políticas, ideológicas ou criminais.

An armed group, often unofficial or paramilitary, that carries out targeted killings, assassinations, or executions, typically for political, ideological, or criminal purposes.

1. Armed group carrying out extrajudicial killingsC1formal

   An armed group, often operating secretly and outside the law, that carries out targeted assassinations or executions of specific individuals, often for political or ideological reasons.

   Esquadrão da morte

   • The regime used death squads to silence political dissidents.
   • Many journalists have been targeted by death squads in conflict zones.
   • The government denied any involvement with the death squads operating in the region.