auc

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

   “the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year”

   SynonymsUnited Self-Defense Force of ColombiaUnited Self-Defense Group of ColombiaAutodefensas Unidas de Colombia

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Colombia · terrorism

Other forms of auc

plural

aucs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about auc

What does auc mean?

auc means "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".

How many syllables are in auc?

auc has 1 syllable: auc.

What is another word for auc?

Close synonyms include United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, United Self-Defense Group of Colombia, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is auc a common word?

auc is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.