death squad
noun /ˈdeθ skwɒd/
/ˈdeθ skwɑːd/
- a group of people who are ordered by a government, the police, etc. to kill other people, especially their political opponents
(受命于政府谋杀政敌等的)处决小队,暗杀小组 - They started forming death squads.
他们开始组建暗杀小队。 - People lived in fear of the regime's notorious death squads.
人民生活在对那个政权臭名昭著的暗杀小组的恐惧之中。
- They started forming death squads.