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):
Shining Path
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]