| shining path | (n) a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade, Syn. Sendero Luminoso, SL, Example: Shining Path has been responsible for 30, 000 deaths |