Karadžić

American

[kuh-rah-jich, kahr-uh-] / kəˈrɑ dʒɪtʃ, ˈkɑr ə- /

noun

Radovan born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader, indicted as a war criminal 1995.

Karadžić British

/ ˈkærədzjɪtʃ /

noun

Radovan (ˈrædəvæn). born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader during the Bosnian war (1992–95); evaded capture until arrested in 2008; currently being tried on charges of genocide and war crimes by an international criminal tribunal at The Hague

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Serbian police arrested Mladić and Karadžić about a decade later.

From Salon • May 10, 2023

Mladić and Karadžić are now serving life sentences.

From Salon • May 10, 2023

O’Brien told me that she was first drawn to Radovan Karadžić, the Bosnian Serb leader, as a possible subject, in 2008.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

Vulliamy was the only journalist to serve as a witness against Karadžić during his trial, which began in 2009, at the International Court in The Hague.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

Servian I. Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, 2nd ed. of his Servian folk-tales, 1870.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

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