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active measures

active measures noun: political warfare conducted by the Soviet or Russian government since the 1920s to advance foreign policy, including espionage, propaganda, sabotage, and assassination.

Noun

active measures pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Political warfare conducted by the Soviet or Russian government since the 1920s to advance foreign policy, including espionage, propaganda, sabotage, and assassination.
  2. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see active, measures.

active measures meaning in Arabic

active measures in Arabic

political warfare conducted by the Soviet or Russian government since the 1920s to advance foreign policy, including espionage, propaganda, sabotage and assassination
إجْرَاءَات نَشِطَة ʔijrāʔāt našiṭa

Origin of active measures

Calque of Russian акти́вные мероприя́тия (aktívnyje meroprijátija)

Questions about active measures

What does active measures mean?
Active measures means political warfare conducted by the Soviet or Russian government since the 1920s to advance foreign policy, including espionage, propaganda, sabotage, and assassination.
What is active measures in Arabic?
Active measures in Arabic is إجْرَاءَات نَشِطَة (ʔijrāʔāt našiṭa). See Active measures meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is active measures?
Active measures is a noun.

Words near active measures in the dictionary

  1. active material
  2. active materials
  3. active matrices
  4. active matrix
  5. active matrixes
  6. active measures
  7. active noise cancellation
  8. active noise control
  9. active participle
  10. active participles
  11. active photolocation

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