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Symbionese Liberation Army

American  

noun

  1. a group of urban guerrillas, active in the early 1970s in the U.S.


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Patty Hearst had been kidnapped by, and seemingly joined, the Symbionese Liberation Army.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

Hearst’s allegiance to the Symbionese Liberation Army raised questions about Stockholm syndrome, a common term deployed to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations sometimes develop with their captors.

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

Jeffrey Toobin’s “American Heiress,” released this week, looks at the 1974 abduction of Patty Hearst in San Francisco by the Symbionese Liberation Army, and the longer-term consequences.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2016

Media reports identified her as Sara Jane Olson, a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2016