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(US) Police code for murder, in the State of California.
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(military) An action that would justify the initiation of hostilities against the perpetrator; an action that by its nature comprises a cessation of peace.
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The use of cooperative games, trust activities, problem-solving initiatives, high adventure activities, and wilderness expeditions as a means of helping individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations engage in a change or growth process.
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a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's
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(politics) An irregular political conflict waged by an armed rebel group attempting to overthrow the prevailing regime or otherwise win political rights.
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Warfare (armed conflict) between belligerents who have different strengths and weaknesses.
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(politics, derogatory) The practice of paid speaking before commercial interests, viewed as a potential source of conflict of interest.
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Any organization that wastes time on bureaucracy to the detriment of its actual business.
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(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
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A war fought using conventional warfare.
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The waging of war in set military battles, as opposed to waging guerrilla warfare or fighting insurgencies.
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(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
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A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.
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(military) The idea that it is desirable to lure one's enemies into a single country or area where they can be more effectively dealt with.
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The art or practice of a gladiator.
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(now rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
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Combat using groups of irregular, light, mobile troops within areas occupied by an enemy force, usually through hit-and-run tactics.
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A war that comprises the use of conventional and non-conventional means by at least one side, which officially undeclares or denies involvement
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Spying by an employer on labor union activities of employees and on labor unions.
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A broker who buys or sells on behalf of another trader, so as to maintain anonymity in the transaction.
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(in particular) Warfare with the aim of gaining or establishing political authority using asymmetric warfare tactics.
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(US) The department or a person who is employed to carry out loss prevention.
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(transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.
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Obsolete form of military. [Characteristic of members of the armed forces.]
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(US) One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
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(military) A Maoist military strategy where the basic concept is to maintain the support of the population and draw the enemy deep into the countryside where the population will bleed them dry through a mix of mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare.
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(Cuba, Philippines, obsolete) A guide (person who guides).
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War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy
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A military strategy where only enemy combatants are targeted and civilian collateral damage and casualties are kept to a minimum.
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A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.
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Alternative form of psyops [Techniques used by military and police forces to influence the beliefs, emotions and behaviour of citizens.]
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An army that an invading country forms by recruiting people from already-occupied areas of the country being invaded.
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An outright war between military powers.
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(military) A nuclear war consisting of arbitrary uncoordinated strikes, without an overarching strategy.
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(neologism) The use of mass public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which incites or inspires acts of terrorism which are statistically probable but happen seemingly at random.
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Warfare where all of a country's available resources, military as well as civilian, are employed.
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(business) One who undertakes a business venture.
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(countable, sometimes proscribed) Protracted armed conflict against irregular forces, particularly groups considered terrorists.
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A person who, usually as a job, depicts scenes from conflicts.
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Alternative form of proxy war [A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.]
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A coordinated mobilisation of a country's resources, both industrial and human, in support of its military forces during a war.
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(international law) A military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation.
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(idiomatic) Warfare characterized by psychological manipulation, involving tactics intended to demoralize, frighten, and unnerve opponents in order to prompt surrender.
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The state or condition of war; warfare; conflict.
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Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.
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(derogatory) Someone who advocates war; a militarist.
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A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
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Obsolete spelling of warrior. [A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.]
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A person who feels compelled to work excessively.
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