HUAC

American  

[hyoo-ak] / ˈhyu æk /

noun

1. House Un-American Activities Committee.

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Example Sentences

An excerpt of Elizabeth Bentley's testimony before HUAC, in which she answers questions about Nathan Silvermaster, her main contact in Washington, DC, from Congressman John E. Rankin of Mississippi.

From Literature

Against the law, Hoover began passing classified files to his contacts on HUAC, with documents describing Bentley's alleged spy ring.

From Literature

Although my father was not called before HUAC, the mention of his name by Kazan and others was enough to end his career in television and studio films for more than 10 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

With accessible prose and astute academic insight, Doherty shows us that both the studios and the Hollywood Ten were victims of HUAC.

From Washington Post

HUAC, he insisted, didn’t exist by the early 1960s and, anyway, no women’s group played such a role in HUAC’s downfall.

From Salon