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UKTerrorist act
/tˈɛɹəɹˌɪst ˈakt/
/tˈɛɹɚɹˌɪst ˈækt/Terrorist act
[NOUN]1
the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Examples
1. Was there a Terrorist Act?
2. In the United Kingdom, police are calling a stabbing rampage that killed three people and wounded three others yesterday a Terrorist Act.
3. And there was the Northern Alliance, which the leader of WHICH was taken out just before 9/11, SADLY in a Terrorist Act.
4. They knew that Landsbanki was not meeting its liquidity requirements, because the money was just rolling out, so they they found no other option except for intervening through a legal act that has become very controversial in Iceland-- the so-called Terrorist Act, whose name is, in fact, Anti - Terrorism, Crime, and Security Act of 2001.
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