in the modern sense, 1944, especially in reference to Jewish tactics against the British in Palestine -- earlier it was used of extremist revolutionaries in Russia who attempted to demoralize the gove [..]

having to do with the use of non-military violence and/or threats of violence to achieve or advocate political change.

a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities (terror) panic: an overwhelming feel [..]

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terorist

A Terrorist is a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism. Terrorism is, in the most general sense, the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. Terroris [..]

(n) a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities

The term terrorist refers to any natural person who: (i) commits, or attempts to commit, terrorist acts by any means, directly or indirectly, unlawfully and wilfully; (ii) participates as an accomplic [..]

A person who does illeagle actions for unpolitical reasons