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Khmer Rouge

DEFINITIONS OF: Khmer Rouge

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n a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

Synonyms:
Communist Party of Kampuchea, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Example of:
FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization
a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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