Pogrom Edit Meaning

1.

organized government mob strike against jews first started in Russia with Nicholas II

"Nicholas II first started the anti-sematist movement by become racict agains jews and sending out secret police to perform a pogrom"

See jew, hitler, josef stalin, communist

2.

pogrom, a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, and characterized by the killing and destruction of their homes, businesses, and religious centers.(from Wikipedia)

"The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 became a pogrom against Blacks."

- Michael Holloway.

See lynching, riot, mob, lynch, holocaust