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  • A.U.C.
    A.U.C.
    abbreviation
    from the founding of the city (of Rome in 753? b.c.). The year 360 A.U.C. would be the 360th year after the founding of Rome.
  • AUC
    AUC

A.U.C.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. from the founding of the city (of Rome in 753? b.c.). The year 360 A.U.C. would be the 360th year after the founding of Rome.


A.U.C. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. in the year from the founding of the city (of Rome in 753? b.c.).


AUC British  

abbreviation

    1. ab urbe condita

    2. anno urbis conditae

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of A.U.C.1

From Latin ab urbe conditā

Origin of A.U.C.2

From Latin annō urbis conditae

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But determining what role, if any, American executives played in the mayhem is made difficult by a number of factors including the reliability of former A.U.C. leaders testifying against them.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2015

Mr. Collingsworth responded by arguing in court papers that media outlets had widely reported on Drummond’s affiliation with the A.U.C. and that the F.B.I. had sent agents to Colombia to probe the company’s actions.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2015

But the lawyer also gave Drummond another opening by allowing it to question the purpose of payments he had made to former A.U.C. leaders.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2015

The difference between A.U.C. and U.W.F., exaggerated by their partisans, was mainly procedural.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is supposed that he was father of Marcus Flavius Aper, who was substituted consul A.U.C.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus

There, he offered to provide testimony into how Colombian politicians, business leaders and other members of the country's establishment allegedly cooperated with the AUC.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

When combined with DELFI, the AUC increased to 0.90.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2024

AUC officials said he left the university in 2018.

From Washington Times Sep. 1, 2020

The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, known by their Spanish acronym AUC, were declared a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. in 2001.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2020

The biographical information, on the AUC members who are not also CFR members, was taken from Who's Who and/or the American Dictionary of Biography.

From The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot

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