noun
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989
• Syn: ↑Red Brigades, ↑BR
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.