urban guerrilla

American  

noun

1. a member of any underground political group engaged in terrorism or violence in urban areas, especially during the 1970s.

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urban guerrilla British  

noun

1. a guerrilla who operates in a town or city, engaging in terrorism, kidnapping, etc

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Etymology

Origin of urban guerrilla

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

When the FBI caught Hearst in September 1975, she clung to her revolutionary persona at first, describing her occupation as “urban guerrilla.”

From Los Angeles Times

The urban guerrilla group had kidnapped the teenaged Bay Area newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst three months before, and was on the run.

From Los Angeles Times

“We are in an urban guerrilla situation with nightly gunshot wounds,” de Greslan said.

From Seattle Times

The group is confident its thousands of fighters can survive for months in a city of tunnels carved deep beneath the Palestinian enclave and frustrate Israeli forces with urban guerrilla tactics, the people told Reuters.

From Reuters

They are said to belong to an urban guerrilla group opposed to the military.

From BBC