Terrorist

• cyberpunk

  A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information...

• suicide bomber

  A terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people.

• sleeper

  A spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding...

Biometric Identification

• biometric identification

  The automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological...

• face recognition

  Biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a...

Organized Crime

• Mafia

  A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal...

• Black Hand

  A secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century.

Also contains

• counterintelligence

  Intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat...

• terrorist cell

  A cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members); "to insure operational security the...

• mujahidin

  A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad; "some call the mujahidin...

• bombing

  The use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists.

• nest

  A gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of ...

• cyber-terrorism

  An assault on electronic communication networks.

• facial profiling

  Identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces;...

• Counterterrorist Center

  An agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist...

• reign of terror

  Any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in Fra...

• ring containment

  A strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination only of people exposed...

• Umma Tameer-e-Nau

  A nongovernmental organization of Pakistani scientists that has been a supporter...

• klavern

  A local unit of the Ku Klux Klan.

• dirty war

  An offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary...

• terrorist organization

  A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals.

• Dhahran

  An oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists...

• hawala

  An underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally...

• bioterrorism

  Terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare.

• chemical terrorism

  Terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare; can undermine the personal...

• air marshal

  A person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security...

• domestic terrorism

  Terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people; "the 1995 bombing...

• ecoterrorism

  Violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environm...

• stash house

  A house where weapons and supplies are hidden; "attacks on stash houses is the most...

• international terrorism

  Terrorism practiced in a foreign country by terrorists who are not native...

• narcoterrorism

  The financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade.

• nuclear terrorism

  The use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation...

• state-sponsored terrorism

  Terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support...

• theoterrorism

  Terrorism for a religious purpose.

• terrorization

  An act of terrorism.

• counterterrorism

  A strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism.

• Gestapo

  The secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods.

• terrorization

  The act of inspiring with fear.

• terrorist attack

  A surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in...

More Connections

• terrorist

  A radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists...