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BORTAC

BORTAC proper noun: syllabic abbreviation of Border Patrol Tactical Unit.

Proper noun

BORTAC (plural BORTACs)

  1. (US) Syllabic abbreviation of Border Patrol Tactical Unit.
    • This is the military in a different guise: the Department of Homeland Security—with its series of ominous acronyms, such as BORTAC (Border Patrol Tactical Unit) and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)—plus U.S. Marshals and the Federal Protective Service.2020 August 22, Errol Morris, “Anatomy of a Photograph: Authoritarianism in America”, in The Atlantic

Forms of BORTAC

pluralBORTACs

Questions about BORTAC

What does BORTAC mean?
BORTAC means syllabic abbreviation of Border Patrol Tactical Unit.
What part of speech is BORTAC?
BORTAC is a proper noun.

Words near BORTAC in the dictionary

  1. borstals
  2. Borsts
  3. Borsuk-Ulam theorem
  4. borszcz
  5. bort
  6. BORTAC
  7. Bortala
  8. bortezomib
  9. Borth
  10. Borth-y-Gest
  11. Borths

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