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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
- Example: "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths"
[syn: Shining Path, Sendero Luminoso, SL]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sendero Luminoso
    n 1: 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; "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000
         deaths" [syn: Shining Path, Sendero Luminoso, SL]