'Khmer Rouge' definitions:
Definition of 'Khmer Rouge'
From: WordNet
noun
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 1999 [syn: Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea]