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Meaning of POCA | Babel Free

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

Français poca
Italiano poca
Português poça poca

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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