Usually means: Extrajudicial killings by organized groups.
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  1. death squad: Merriam-Webster
  2. death squad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. death squad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. death squad: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. death-squad: Wordnik
  7. death squad: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. death-squad, death squad: Wiktionary
  9. death squad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. death squad: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. death squad: Dictionary.com
  12. Death Squad (comics), Death Squad, Death squad, The Death Squad (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. death squad: Rhymezone
  14. death squad: FreeDictionary.org
  15. death squad: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. death squad: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. death squad: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Death Squad: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (death squad)

▸ noun:  An armed group that carries out clandestine, extrajudicial killings.

Similar:
hit squad, firing squad, death kit, death flight, assassinism, suicide cult, death sentence, extreme prejudice, kill team, spadassinicide, more...

Opposite:
life squad, rescue team

Phrases:
Davao Death Squad, more...

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Similar:
hit squad, firing squad, death kit, death flight, assassinism, suicide cult, death sentence, extreme prejudice, kill team, spadassinicide, more...

Opposite:
life squad, rescue team

Phrases:
Davao Death Squad, more...



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