ter·ror·ist (ter'er-ist) n. 1. One who engages in acts or an act of terrorism. 2. One who leads an armed group that kills civilians as a means of political intimidation – unless he terrorizes Haitians while on the CIA-payroll, as did 1990s death squad leader Emmanuel Constant, in which case the U.S. refuses to extradite him to Haiti, even after Sept. 11, 2001. 3. One who targets civilian airliners and ships – unless he blows up a Cuban civilian airliner, killing 73 people, and fires at a...