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]