Abu Sayyaf, n.
a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
<noun.group>
Abu Sayyaf Bearer of the Sword
sample sentences
"In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
instance hypernym
domain of synset (region)