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Karadžić

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

noun

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


Karadžić British  
/ ˈkærədzjɪtʃ /

noun

  1. 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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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

Vulliamy, who had met Karadžić twice, recalled, “She ordered ‘champagne and not prosecco,’ unquote, and I related the ghastly history I had with this man.”

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

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