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RAF

RAF

8.1
A terrorist group in Germany active from 1970 to 1998
  • noun
  • NSFW
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  • The RAF was responsible for a series of high-profile terrorist attacks in Germany during the 1970s.

So he somehow the MO, so the RAF, he starts to look into it.

Examples

  • Members of the RAF believed in violent revolution to achieve their goals.

  • Many historians study the RAF to understand the political climate of post-war Germany.

  • So he somehow the MO, so the RAF, he starts to look into it.

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Synonyms

Red Army Faction
vsRAF
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A left-wing group in Germany known for violent attacks to reach political aims

is the same organization but listed with exact active years from 1970 to 1998
Baader-Meinhof Gang
vsRAF
1 9.9

A violent left-wing group in Germany active from 1968 to 1977

is the same organization but described with later longer active years

Surface Forms

RAF singular
RAFs plural

Etymology

RAF comes from the words Red, Army and Faction and in German the group's name was 'Rote Armee Fraktion'. It was a Marxist group in Germany known for kidnappings and bombings in the 1970s.