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UDA

UDA

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A Protestant armed group in Northern Ireland that carried out violence and crime during the Troubles
  • noun
  • NSFW
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  • Assassinations and murders, UDA, UVF, UDR, and MI5, MI6, politicians and murder gangs.

I went on, I was sentenced for both membership of the UDA and the UFF and I became a leader of both.

Examples

  • Rather, this opening call places the listener in the less than fantastical or wistful present where it seems perfectly viable for Rotten to announce his confusion between the UK, the MPLA, the UDA, and the IRA.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Uda, for example.

  • I went on, I was sentenced for both membership of the UDA and the UFF and I became a leader of both.

  • By the time of the Northern Ireland peace process, the UDA had evolved somewhat, but most information continued to flow from the bottom up rather than from the top down, and the movement's political wing had little leverage.

    Academic text (2007)
  • So the bulk of, of, of the UDA and then you had the LPA, which was the Loyalist Prisoners Association.

  • There's a the history of the UDA right is written by a fellow called Henry MacDonald and a fellow called Jim Cosack, right journalist.

  • When it suited the authorities, they did give information about UDA, UVF or collusion but in comparison to the huge amount of collusion and the unsolved, it's not very great.

  • The UDA, known for its paramilitary actions, played a significant role during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

  • Many members of the UDA were involved in violent confrontations to protect their community's interests.

  • The UDA's influence in the region has sparked heated debates about security and peacebuilding efforts.

Synonyms

An illegal Protestant loyalist armed group in Northern Ireland that fought during the Troubles and attacked Catholic civilians

is the shortened form used in informal references

Surface Forms

UDA singular
UDAs plural

Etymology

UDA is a short form of Ulster Defence Association, where Ulster is a region in Northern Ireland and Defence means 'to protect'. So UDA refers to a Protestant armed group formed during a violent time called the Troubles, and that is why the name is linked to violence and crime.