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POCA

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Prevention of Organised Crime Act.
    South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. A town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.

Equivalents

Françaispoca
Portuguêspocapoça
Italianopoca

Examples

“We apply⟳ Section 50 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA) to seize assets of the drug dealer and fraudster—but not to land⟳ fraudulently “acquired” via racial exclusion? Is that justice? […] All land⟳ lease arrangements must be reviewed, and property sabotaged upon exit must result⟳ in criminal prosecution under the Damage⟳ to Public Property Act, and Forfeiture proceedings under POCA.”
“Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant⟳ in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan⟳ includes climate change⟳ measures that aim to close⟳ coal-fired plants.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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