lone wolf
Noun
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Noun
lone wolf
- A wolf that is not part of a pack.
- (metaphorically) A person who avoids the company of others; a loner; an independent or solitary person.
- (by extension) A criminal who acts alone, not as part of a group.
- 2017 October 2, "Las Vegas shooting: At least 58 dead at Mandalay Bay Hotel ↗", in bbc.com, BBC:
- Paddock's motives remain unclear. Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the shooting as a "lone wolf" attack. "We have no idea what his belief system was," he said.
- 2017 October 2, "Las Vegas shooting: At least 58 dead at Mandalay Bay Hotel ↗", in bbc.com, BBC:
- Russian: бирюк
- Portuguese: rato solitário, ratos solitários
- Spanish: lobo solitario
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