Axis of evil
noun
North Korea, Iraq, and Iran when considered together as a perceived threat to world stability
noun
any government that sponsors terror
Examples
Bush singled out North Korea, Iran, and Iraq as the “axis of evil” in a State of the Union address.
Word Origin
2002
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