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  2. Definition of terrorism - Wikipedia

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    Most of the formal definitions of terrorism have some common characteristics: a fundamental motive to make political/societal changes; the use of violence or illegal force; attacks on civilian targets by 'nonstate'/'Subnational actors'; and the goal of affecting society. This finding is reflected in Blee's listing of three components of terrorism:

  3. Terrorism - Wikipedia

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    Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. [1] The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants. [2]

  4. Webster's Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Noah Webster's assistant, and later chief competitor, Joseph Emerson Worcester, and Webster's son-in-law Chauncey A. Goodrich, published an abridgment of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language in 1829, with the same number of words and Webster's full definitions, but with truncated literary references and expanded ...

  5. White House removes Cuba's state sponsor of terrorism ... - AOL

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    The Biden administration lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, four years after the Trump White House issued the designation.

  6. Terroristic threat - Wikipedia

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    In the Model Penal Code, terroristic threats are defined as assault related crimes. [20] Under the MPC "a person is guilty of a felony of the third degree if he threatens to commit any crime of violence with purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation, or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in ...

  7. Domestic terrorism - Wikipedia

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    Domestic terrorism or homegrown terrorism is a form of terrorism in which victims "within a country are targeted by a perpetrator with the same citizenship" as the victims. [1] There are various different definitions of terrorism , with no universal agreement about it.

  8. Stochastic terrorism - Wikipedia

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    Stochastic terrorism is a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual. Unlike incitement to terrorism , stochastic terrorism is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language , which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence. [ 1 ]

  9. State terrorism - Wikipedia

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    The exact definition and scope of state terrorism remain controversial, as some scholars and governments argue that terrorism is a tool used exclusively by non-state actors, while others maintain that state-directed violence intended to terrorize civilian populations should also be classified as terrorism.