a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
"The historical records detail how mak recruited and moved thousands of foreign fighters into Afghanistan during the Soviet war before an internal schism allowed bin Laden to establish what would become al-Qaeda."
Alternative form of make
"The old dialect book lists "mak" as an alternative form of make, showing how regional speech preserves older spellings."