Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone;
seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions;
responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities;
sponsored by the president of Liberia;
[syn: Revolutionary United Front, RUF]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Revolutionary United Front
n 1: a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone;
seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the
diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on
civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and
using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the
president of Liberia [syn: Revolutionary United Front,
RUF]