One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
(JP 1-02) - An individual who uses violence, terror, and intimidation to achieve a result. See FM 100-20.
Properly speaking someone who kills civilians. The American invaders of Iraq would fit this definition. In Bush-speak, a member of the resistance.
a bad person who deliberately kills good people who have no way of defending themselves
a coward, and has no humanity left in them to fight how they do
a coward who covers his face from outsiders, fearing the response to his actions
a coward who shoots or bombs civilians
a group of people who harass civilians without having a governing body to answer to
a human being with hatred, revenge, violence and misunderstanding in his or her heart
a man with a bomb and no airplane to drop it from"
an armed person that deliberately attacks unarmed persons, especially innocent civilians
an assassin, one who plants bombs, and so forth
an individual or group who uses acts of violence and intimidation to achieve a desired social, political, or religious outcome
an individual who uses violence and force in opposition to the natural rights of others
a person, usually a radical Muslim, who seeks to instill fear in his fellow man with senseless, random violence
a person who conducts attacks against civilian targets
a person who intentionally attacks civilians to meet a political end, usually in some sort of conflict
a person who kills defenseless civilians deliberately and as a matter of policy, as an instrument for compelling compliance or even subjugation
a person who "terrorizes" or "uses terror" to frighten civilians or the government into submission
a purposeful murderer of civilians
Use should be restricted specifically to references to people and nongovernmental organizations planning and executing acts of violence against civilian or noncombatant targets.
Any person, group, or government that uses violence or threats of violence to get its way.