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unlawful combatant

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A civilian who engages in combat without meeting the criteria for a belligerent established by the third Geneva Convention, and who is thus not classified as a prisoner of war when captured.

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