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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):

United Self-Defense Group of Colombia
    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]