party_of_democratic_kampuchea | ||
1. | [ noun ] (politics) a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1 | |
Synonyms: | khmer_rouge kr communist_party_of_kampuchea | |
Related terms: | foreign_terrorist_organization Cambodia | |