FARC

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964.

Proper noun

  1. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964.
    • The US State Department has removed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the acronym the FARC, from its terrorism blacklist, and listed two dissident groups led by former FARC militants. - 2021 November...

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish FARC, from Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (“Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia”).

Forms

Farc