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  2. 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]

  3. 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:

  4. United States and state terrorism - Wikipedia

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    The United States legal definition of terrorism excludes acts done by recognized states. [10] [11] According to U.S. law (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)(2)) [12] terrorism is defined as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience".

  5. Cyberterrorism - Wikipedia

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    Cyberterrorism is the use of the Internet to conduct violent acts that result in, or threaten, the loss of life or significant bodily harm, in order to achieve political or ideological gains through threat or intimidation.

  6. Alex P. Schmid - Wikipedia

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    Schmid's academic consensus definition of terrorism was first published in 1988 in the revised edition of Political Terrorism (Schmid and Jongman): [7] [17] "Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal or political reasons, whereby – in contrast to assassination – the ...

  7. Ex-UK counter terror chief brands government plan to extend ...

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    The former head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has branded the government’s proposal to extend the definition of terrorism to encompass atrocities carried out by lone attackers like the ...

  8. Biden DHS exempted thousands of immigrants from terror ... - AOL

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    The USCIS website also says that the definition of terrorism-related activity "is relatively broad and may apply to individuals and activities not commonly thought to be associated with terrorism."

  9. Sociology of terrorism - Wikipedia

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    The most comprehensive study on the definition of terrorism comes from Weinberg, Pedahzur and Hirsch-Hoefler (2004) who examined 73 definitions of terrorism from 55 articles and concluded that terrorism is "a politically motivated tactic involving the threat or use of force or violence in which the pursuit of publicity plays a significant role."