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auc
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun auc has 1 sense
- auc(n = noun.group) autodefensas unidas de colombia, united self-defense force of colombia, united self-defense group of colombia - 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" is a kind of foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization
OXFORD DICTIONARY
auc, abbr. (of a date) from the foundation of the city (of Rome).
Etymology
L ab urbe condita
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