apache

Examples

• All

• In the early 20th century, the apache was known for its involvement in the criminal underground of Paris.

• He researched the lifestyle of the apache members to understand their influence on urban culture.

• Baron, the apache is never discouraged.

  Shalako (1968)

• Hold up, apache.

  The Art of a Bullet (1999)

• But he said those two Apaches, I'm going to have them do a gun run up the road and we're going to take off running behind them and get to that last place.

• Ancl compared to the guerrilla tactics of the apache...

  Shalako (1968)

• Old apache proverb...

  Silent Fall (1994)

Synonyms

G

gangster

vsapache

249 4.4

A person who is part of a group that does illegal things

is specific to early 20th century Parisian underworld gangs

M

mafioso

vsapache

5 8.7

A person who belongs to a secret criminal group that uses violence

is tied to Parisian local gangs in the early 20th century

Compounds

C

Chiricahua Apache

9.9

An Apache language that Chiricahua people speak in New Mexico and Oklahoma

C

Chiricahua Apache language

9.9

A Native American language that Chiricahua people speak in New Mexico and Oklahoma

A

apache dance

• Archaic

9.9

A fast, dramatic dance that shows a pretend struggle between a man and a woman

A

apache devil dance

9.9

A dance by Apache people performed during a religious ceremony

A

Apache language

9.2

A language spoken by the Apache people in the United States

S

San Carlos Apache

9.9

A form of the Apache language that people speak on reservations in east-central Arizona

S

San Carlos Apache language

9.9

An Apache language spoken in east-central Arizona on the San Carlos reservation

Surface Forms

Etymology