| combatant | | Thousands of people executed using the guillotine during this period |
| hate crime | | Those who engage in armed conflict as military members |
| indiscriminate force | | Motivated by belief that an otherwordly power has commanded violence |
| terrorist | | The 3rd largest federal agency in the US |
| zealots | | Correct behavior while waging war |
| international terrorism | | Bias motivated crime |
| terrorrism | | Civilians |
| al qaeda | | Terrorism from below |
| anaylst | | Terrorist group responsible for 9/11 |
| state terrorism | | Said: "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice" |
| ltte | | Islamic Resistance Movement |
| mala prohibita | | Collateral damage of a conflict |
| reign of terror | | From the greek word meaning strong spirit |
| crucifixtion | | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| target | | Usually symbolic |
| provos | | An ideal and moralistic philosophy |
| freeedom fighter | | Took place on the 220th anniversery of the Lexington and Concord battles |
| department of homeland security | | Members of politcally violent organizations often call themselves this |
| discriminate force | | Prior to this date the last time so many people died on US soil was during the Civil War |
| jus ad bellum | | Crimes that are immoral or wrong in themselves |
| extremism | | Crimes that are made illegal by legislation |
| september 11 2001 | | Motivated by sheer profit |
| criminal terrorism | | A form of public execution |
| onlooker | | Takes place on the world stage |
| hamas | | Generally refer to terrorists as freedom fighters |
| mala in se | | If properly carried out delivers symbolic messages to the target audience |
| oklahoma city bombing | | Terrorism is not synonymous with |
| Guerrilla Warfare | | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
| supporter | | Interpreter of the terrorist incident |
| Barry Goldwater | | Perpetrators of a politically violent incident |
| just war doctrine | | The primary catalyst for terrorist behavior |
| jus in bello | | Terrorism from above |
| noncombatant | | No attempt to limit the level of force against a target |
| victim | | Broad audience to terrorist incident |
| propaganda by the deed | | A more surgical use of limited force |
| religious terrorism | | Correct conditions for waging war in the first place |
| dissident terrorism | | Politically motivated violence with over 100 formal definitions |
