Red Brigades

American  

noun

1. an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.

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Red Brigades British  

plural noun

1. a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978

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Etymology

Origin of Red Brigades

Translation of Italian Brigate rosse

Example Sentences

But one former Red Brigades member, Paolo Persichetti, has cast doubt on the document's valuation, claiming that it is not the original, but rather a copy, of which hundreds exist in state archives.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022

Its narrator, Reno, sets a motorcycle speed record, hangs out in the Manhattan art world of the 1970s, and ends up in Italy, fraternizing with the Red Brigades.

From Slate • May 2, 2018

“Time On My Hands”, a novel published in 2008 by Giorgio Vasta, shadows a group of schoolboys who grow naively obsessed with the Red Brigades.

From Economist • Nov. 27, 2017

And still there’s more action to come: Did I mention the Red Brigades?

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2017

Mr. Pepper recounted a day in the life of Pope Paul VI, traced the rise of the Italian terrorist group the Red Brigades, and detailed the restoration of Leonardo’s “The Last Supper.”

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2014