Knights Templars

noun

1. a Masonic order in the U.S. claiming descent from the medieval order of Templars.
2. a plural of Knight Templar.

Example Sentences

One, known as United Cartels, is a confederation of various mobs, including the Michoacán Family, the Knights Templars and Los Viagras, that U.S. prosecutors say is led by Adalberto Fructoso Comparán Rodríguez, 57, a former mayor of Aguililla.

From Los Angeles Times

It failed to dislodge the narcos, although the group split in 2010, reforming as the Knights Templars, which combined a pseudo mystical ideology with cut-dathroat business instincts.

From The Guardian

Things have grown calmer, Larios conceded, but he cautioned that reports of kidnapping and extortion are again on the rise as smaller cartels emerge to take the place of the Knights Templars.

From The Guardian

Related: Mexican vigilantes take on drug cartels - and worry authorities Eventually the Knights Templars were driven from Apatzingán in 2013 by civilian “self-defence” groups, prompting Peña Nieto to name a close confidant, Alfredo Castillo, as security commissioner for Michaocán.

From The Guardian

A website claiming to represent their force cites connections to the Knights Templars that they say go back 3,000 years.

From Los Angeles Times