Pol Pot

[ pol pot ]

noun

1. Saloth Sar, 1928–98, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader and political figure: prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea, 1976–79.

Pol Pot

/ ˈpɒl ˈpɒt /

noun

1. Pol Pot19251998MCambodianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister original name Kompong Thom. 1925–98, Cambodian Communist statesman; prime minister of Kampuchea (1976; 1977–79); his policies led to the deaths of thousands in labour camps before he was overthrown by Vietnamese forces; in 1997 his former supporters in the Khmer Rouge captured him and claimed to have tried and sentenced him to life imprisonment

Example Sentences

Since then, it sent troops to help Cambodia’s Pol Pot in his war against Vietnam and, more recently, to help Syrian leader Bashar Assad in his civil war.

From Slate

In another tweet a few weeks earlier, he had compared Fauci to the Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, who was responsible for the genocidal massacre of as many as 2 million people in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times

Referring to an event at Case Western Reserve University honoring Fauci, Ebright wrote: “You may have missed the chance to hobnob with Pol Pot, but, Case Western will give you the chance to hobnob with Fauci, whose policy violations ... likely killed 20 million.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I never have compared any of the signatories to Josef Mengele or Pol Pot, and I never have characterized any of the signatories as murderers,” Ebright told me by email.

From Los Angeles Times

The defense by both that they never compared the complainants to Pol Pot or Mengele or characterized them as murderers may be true as far as it goes.

From Los Angeles Times