Al-qaedaesque

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling al-Qaeda. rare

    "Several local intelligence agencies are murmuring that a students, of a new kind, well versed in the cognitive sciences, are pouring in from distant lands—Sudan, Gaza, Nigeria, Peshawar or Kurdistan—to train in al-Qaedaesque fortified camps."

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"Several local intelligence agencies are murmuring that a students, of a new kind, well versed in the cognitive sciences, are pouring in from distant lands—Sudan, Gaza, Nigeria, Peshawar or Kurdistan—to train in al-Qaedaesque fortified camps."

Etymology

From al-Qaeda + -esque.

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