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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members;
- Example: "the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year"
[syn: United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, United Self-Defense Group of Colombia, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

AUC n 1: a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members; "the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year" [syn: United Self- Defense Force of Colombia, United Self-Defense Group of Colombia, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC]
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

AUC AUthentication Center (GSM, mobile-systems), "AuC"