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Animal Liberation Front

British  

noun

  1.  ALF.  (in Britain) an animal-rights movement often using direct action

"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

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He said he believed the Animal Liberation Front, an animal-rights activist group, was responsible for the release, because the words “ALF We’ll be back” were spray-painted on the farm, he said.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2022

In the 1980s, Bob Lambert, an undercover officer, masqueraded as an activist in the Animal Liberation Front and an environmental group, London Greenpeace.

From The Guardian Jul. 27, 2017

One of its key officers, former Special Branch detective Bob Lambert, used the pseudonym Bob Robinson, and was tasked with infiltrating the Animal Liberation Front.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2014

Lowell is on the FBI’s radar as a suspect in Animal Liberation Front activity.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2013

In all their years of activism, particularly concentrated in the 1990s, the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front never injured one human or animal and took pains to ensure this was the case.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2013

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