abu sayyaf

1. 1.

   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

   “In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives”

   SynonymsBearer of the Sword

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Philippines · terrorism

Questions about abu sayyaf

What does abu sayyaf mean?

abu sayyaf means "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".

What is another word for abu sayyaf?

Close synonyms include Bearer of the Sword. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abu sayyaf a common word?

abu sayyaf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.