death squad

English

Noun

death squad (plural death squads)

During World War II, death squads like Nazi Germany's Einsatzgruppen, were responsible for murdering millions of Jews and civilians in occupied territories.

1. An armed group that carries out clandestine, extrajudicial killings.

Translations

armed group

• Danish: dødspatrulje c
• Dutch: doodseskader (nl) n
• Finnish: kuolemanpartio (fi)
• French: escadron de la mort (fr) m
• German: Todesschwadron (de) f
• Hebrew: יחידת מוות, יחידת חיסול, חוליית מוות, חוליית חיסול
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dødsskvadron m

  Nynorsk: dødsskvadron m

• Polish: szwadron śmierci m
• Russian: эскадро́н сме́рти (eskadrón smérti)
• Swedish: dödspatrull (sv) c