Symbionese
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Symbionese
1973; according to the group's manifesto, “taken from the word symbiosis … a body of dissimilar bodies and organisms living in deep and loving harmony …; -nese probably after Chinese, Japanese, etc.
Example Sentences
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One of its stranger spinoffs was the grandiose, tactically clumsy Symbionese Liberation Army — an army of perhaps a dozen white men and women led by a black escaped convict.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Patty Hearst had been kidnapped by, and seemingly joined, the Symbionese Liberation Army.
From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024
As a member of a wealthy and powerful family, Hearst was kidnapped to bring attention to the Symbionese Liberation Army, according to the FBI.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024
In 1974, the family of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst hired him to help investigate members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the ragtag band of young revolutionaries that had kidnapped her.
From Fox News • Feb. 1, 2021
Palladino’s career began even before he graduated from University of California, Berkeley’s law school when the family of Patty Hearst hired him to assist in investigating her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Party.
From Washington Times • Jan. 30, 2021
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