genocidaire

Noun

genocidaire (plural genocidaires)

1. One who was involved in committing (perpetrating) the Rwandan Genocide.
   • 'There are thousands of genocidaires living in EU countries, with large numbers in almost every European country including the UK,' said Rakiya Omaar, whose organisation, African Rights, has worked since the genocide to track them down.2008 September 21, Ally Carnwath, The Observer
   • When the RPF sent him and a friend back to school in Rwanda […] his friend attacked the Hutu teacher one night, strangling him with a rope, saying that he was a génocidaire.2011, Jason K. Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Public Affairs, published 2012, page 73
2. One who is involved in committing (perpetrating) any genocide.
   • […] Israeli genocidaires who have the full support and backing of the racist American genocidaires against Palestine and the Palestinians. The ICC will not touch White racist American, British, Canadian, European, and Israeli perpetrators […]2012, Francis A. Boyle, World Politics, Human Rights, and International Law, page 65
   • What we must see, Rechtman argues, is that for genocidaires (those who carry out acts that are or approach genocide), there is nothing extraordinary, unusual, or world-historical about [their acts].2021, Richard Rechtman, Living in Death: Genocide and Its Functionaries

   Synonyms:

   genocider