Gaddafi

[guh-dah-fee]

noun

1. Muammar (Muhammad), al- or el-, Qadhafi.

Gaddafi

/ ɡəˈdɑːfɪ /

noun

1. Mu'ammar Muhammad al- (ˈməʊəˌmɑː æl),1942–2011, Libyan army officer and statesman; head of state from 1969

Example Sentences

De Zorzi carried the fight to Pakistan on a turning Gaddafi Stadium pitch as he completed his second Test century with a six and two singles off Noman.

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The prosecutors say Mas'ud and other former members of Gaddafi's intelligence service were held in a secret prison operated by a militia when they were questioned by an experienced Libyan police officer.

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

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Setting the scene, the motion quotes a US Department of State report which said Gaddafi's regime had controlled Libya through extrajudicial killings and intimidation, torture, arbitrary arrest and detention.

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On 31 August, after six days spent waiting for a meeting with Gaddafi, Sadr was seen being driven away from a Tripoli hotel in a Libyan government car.

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