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PMC

British

abbreviation

private military company: a commercial organization whose employees are paid to carry out military or security duties in cooperation with or in the place of regular military formations

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Example Sentences

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He insisted that his organisation was "not PMC Wagner".

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Anton Mardasov, a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute's Syria Program, told the BBC last month that one group, PMC Redut, was already seeking to rival Wagner in Syria.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023

All eight participants had electrodes implanted into the PMC for electrical stimulation.

From Scientific American • Jul. 12, 2023

By Saturday, a brokered settlement was announced between the Wagner PMC group and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2023

PMC 873 was a manufacturer of biological products—one of the several corporations that Latrobe had been empowered to discuss business with when he had been sent to Earth by the Belt Corporations Council.

From Thin Edge by Garrett, Randall

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