noun
a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade
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Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths
• Syn: ↑Sendero Luminoso, ↑SL
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Peru, ↑Republic of Peru
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.