colombia : Idioms & Phrases

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autodefensas unidas de colombia

  • noun 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
    United Self-Defense Force of Colombia; AUC; Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.
    • the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year
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capital of colombia

  • noun capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain
    Bogota.
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fuerzas armadas revolucionarios de colombia

  • noun a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers
    Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia; FARC.
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republic of colombia

  • noun a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language
    Colombia.
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revolutionary armed forces of colombia

  • noun a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers
    Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia; FARC.
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united self-defense force of colombia

  • noun 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
    United Self-Defense Force of Colombia; AUC; Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.
    • the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year
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united self-defense group of colombia

  • noun 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
    United Self-Defense Force of Colombia; AUC; Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.
    • the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year
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