Source : WordNet®

AUC
     n : 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}]