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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Karadžić

In Bosnia, by contrast, an opposition politician was sentenced to three years in prison for "glorifying" Karadžić and Mladić in January 2026.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

In July 2008, his former political ally, Radovan Karadžić - now a long-bearded faith-healer - was arrested on a bus in Belgrade.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

They, too, initially evaded jurisdiction - Milošević initially remained in power, while Mladić and Karadžić went into hiding.

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

Karadžić, of whom the literary world has heard so much, is the father of modern Serbian literature.

From An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics by Various

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023