klan

[US]/klæn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Ku Klux Klan

Phrases & Collocations

ku klux klan

Real-world Examples

I said, " That's not a human being. That's the Ku Klux Klan."

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It helped prepare a bill to control the Klan. After much debate, Congress passed the bill.

Source: VOA Special September 2019 Collection

And I was one day interviewing members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Source: 2019 Celebrity High School Graduation Speech

And he made a series of paintings of triangular hooded figures that recall the Ku Klux Klan.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The Klan was a group of white men who terrorized black people.

Source: Global Slow English

But, once people knew about the Klan, they did not fear it as much.

Source: Global Slow English

Often, the Klan beat or killed them for little or no reason.

Source: Global Slow English

David Duke, a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, backed Mr Trump for president.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

As a man, he still remembered Flo. He remembered what the Klan had done to her.

Source: Global Slow English

Once, she even witnessed the Klan parade right past her doorway, a show of strength, of white impunity.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

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