English Explanatory Dictionary

red squad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A police intelligence unit specializing in infiltrating, conducting countermeasures, and gathering intelligence on political and social groups.

Word forms

red squad red squads

Etymology

Referring to their investigations of communism during the red scare.

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