death squad

• Вооруженная группа, часто неофициальная или полувоенная, которая совершает целенаправленные убийства, ликвидации или казни, обычно в политических, идеологических или криминальных целях.

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.

   Эскадрон смерти

   • 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.