DGU
Definitions
Initialism of defensive gun use.
abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Examples
“Perhaps we should think⟳ of two acquaintances, both with some criminal history, getting into a drunken fight⟳, both producing guns, one ending up dead or wounded, the other ending up as a “DGU” statistic – but both of them entangled in a scenario that would have⟳ produced only injuries if neither had carried a gun.”
“Good guys with guns stop⟳ at least 1.8 million crimes per year according to surveys on DGU (Defensive Gun Use⟳) data. But Kirk never argued that the presence of good guys with guns makes him bulletproof.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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