noun
a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
• Syn: ↑Khmer Rouge, ↑KR, ↑Communist Party of Kampuchea
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Cambodia, ↑Kingdom of Cambodia, ↑Kampuchea
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.