Baader-Meinhof Gang

/ ˈbaːdər ˈmainhoːf /

noun

1. a group of left-wing West German terrorists, active in the 1970s, who were dedicated to the violent overthrow of capitalist society Also known asRed Army Faction

Word History and Origins

Origin of Baader-Meinhof Gang¹

C20: named after its leading members, Andreas Baader (1943–77) and Ulrike Meinhof (1934-76)

Example Sentences

But the now-disbanded RAF - sometimes referred to as the Baader-Meinhof Gang - was violent.

From BBC

At a prison in Karlsruhe, he said, a former member of the Baader-Meinhof Gang introduced him to the works of Brecht, Sartre and Hegel.

From The Guardian

I mean, forced to choose between hijacking planes with the Baader-Meinhof Gang and eating chicken wings with Tilda Swinton, what would you do?

From Los Angeles Times

One colleague accused him of being part of "an obstetric Baader-Meinhof Gang," a reference to the anarchists behind a string of bombings in West Germany.

From Science Magazine

Take the Baader-Meinhof Gang in then West Germany, the far-left militant group founded in 1970 also known as the Red Army Faction.

From The Guardian