"RUC" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} RUC
  1. (Northern Ireland, historical, law enforcement) Initialism of Royal Ulster Constabulary (now known as the PSNI) Tags: Northern-Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Royal Ulster Constabulary (extra: now known as the PSNI) Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-RUC-en-name-UOtt~0yA Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Northern Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Topics: government, law-enforcement

Noun

Forms: RUCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} RUC (plural RUCs)
  1. (military, US) Initialism of reporting unit code. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: reporting unit code Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-RUC-en-noun-Js6GRr9c Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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