Meaning of anticontra | Babel Free

Definitions

Opposed to the Nicaraguan Contras, right-wing paramilitaries fighting the Sandinista regime.

historical, not-comparable

Examples

“In the Senate, Alan J. Dixon, new to the anticontra team, is part of a movement gathering signatures on a letter asking President Reagan to overturn the embargo if peace breaks out.”

“Several weeks later Meyer, Kelly, and five others associated with the Pledge of Resistance, a national anticontra group, walked into the courtrooms of 11 judges at the Dirksen Federal Building, presented an "open letter" to the judges, and declared that an "emergency situation" had developed.”

CEFR level