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PCC

British  

abbreviation

  1. Press Complaints Commission

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Long under Washington’s radar, the First Capital Command, known by its Portuguese initials PCC, started out as a disgruntled band of inmates fighting for soap and toilet paper in the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Prosecutors and police in Brazil are calling on President Trump to label the PCC a Foreign Terrorist Organization, joining more than a dozen other Latin criminal networks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

That has brought the PCC to the world’s biggest rainforest, the Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In a statement, the PCC Simon Foster said he would be giving the report "careful consideration" but that he continued to hold the force to account.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

I can’t accept that the PCC actually looked us in the eyes and presented that proposal.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner