armored personnel carrier

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a tracked military vehicle with a steel or aluminum hull used to transport troops in combat and usually fitted with light armament. Abbreviation: APC

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Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.
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The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The airplane was owned by an Indonesian budget carrier, Lion Air.
Who Will Get AsiaAir 8501’s Black Boxes?|Clive Irving|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To the Republic of Korea and United States military personnel stationed in the JSA, it is known as Propaganda Village.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Riffing off the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly,” the carrier offered no-frills flights that were both cheap and plentiful.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She repeated the brief phrases, as well as she could recall them, to a Eurasian whom she found acting as a water-carrier.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Dis whole job is a pipe, wit' us havin' a Monitor gun to open dat armored truck.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He saw that the back door of the armored truck was opening and another guard was getting out.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
And the same goes for any other common carrier—the railroads, bus service, and airlines.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Louis the Goon Engel was a mere walk-on in the piece, a spear-carrier doomed to death.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various