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- noun Plural form of
zeta .
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Examples
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Here are some particularly nasty "zetas" - self-confessed as such - presumably responsible for chopping off a dozen guys 'heads down in the Yucatan.
The Mex Files 2008
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And many soldiers are losing the will to fight: in 2007, more than 18,000 soldiers deserted, and reports of deserters joining the drug cartels as "zetas," or hired guns, are growing.
Crime Crackdown 2008
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So these are supossed to be the bodies of mafia guys from the "zetas" group killed by who once were their employers the "cartel del golfo".
Documenting Reality medicoanonimo 2010
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Tamaulipas is in the midst of a bloody turf battle between the zetas and their former bosses, the Gulf Cartel, for control of the border between Laredo and Brownsville.
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Tamaulipas is in the midst of a bloody turf battle between the zetas and their former bosses, the Gulf Cartel, for control of the border between Laredo and Brownsville.
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Tamaulipas is in the midst of a bloody turf battle between the zetas and their former bosses, the Gulf Cartel, for control of the border between Laredo and Brownsville.
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Haven't most of our alphas gone to omegas these days? or zetas, or whatever?
The Big Picture 2008
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And along with the threats scribbled on this hostage's body is a big Z which stands for zetas (ph), the name of one of Mexico's many drug cartel hit squads.
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Marines also found bulletproof vests with the letter "Z", the zetas symbol, on the front.
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The videos have been posted by a group believed linked to the powerful Sinaloa cartel that calls itself the "mata zetas," or "Zetas Killers."
Telofy commented on the word zetas
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As conspiracies unwind
Will you slam shut
Or free your mind
Or stay hypnotised
When the Zetas fill the skies
Will our leaders tell us why
...
-- Muse, Exo-Politics
Just a random association.
December 26, 2008