Meaning of UCR | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of University of California, Riverside.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Initialism of Uniform Crime Reports.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

““Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study⟳ in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include⟳ four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin). The first test⟳ of the thripsicides began in February at UCR.”

“The UCR report⟳ says that about 77% of reported murders in 2020 were committed with a gun, up from 74% in 2019. There is no federal database of gun sales, but other independent surveys have⟳ found that gun sales have⟳ soared during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

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