SL
      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; "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000
          deaths" [syn: Shining Path, Sendero Luminoso]