HyperDic: united_self-defense_group_of_colombia

English > 1 sense of the expression United Self-Defense Group of Colombia:
NOUNgroupUnited Self-Defense Group of Colombia, United Self-Defense Force of Colombia, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUCa terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups
English > United Self-Defense Group of Colombia: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA 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.
SynonymsUnited Self-Defense Force of Colombia, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
RegionColombia, Republic of ColombiaA republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

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