terrorist

1. 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 (synset 110722430)
   referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - 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
   is a type of: radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions
   subtypes:

   • cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk - a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
   • jacobin - a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
   • sleeper - a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
   • suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people
   specific instances:

   • bin laden, osama bin laden, usama bin laden - Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957)
   • jafar, jafar umar thalib, jaffar, jaffar umar thalib - Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000)
   • andres martinez, carlos, carlos the jackal, glen gebhard, hector hevodidbon, ilich ramirez sanchez, ilich sanchez, michael assat, salim, sanchez, taurus - Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
   belongs to: radical cell, terrorist cell - a cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members)

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