MRTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does MRTA mean? 

• MRTA (noun)
  The noun MRTA has 1 sense:

1. a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia

  Familiarity information: MRTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MRTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru; MRTA; Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Peru; Republic of Peru (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries)