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com·mit·tee
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house un-american activities committee
an investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Originally created in 1938 to inquire into subversive activities in the U.S., it was reestablished in 1945 as the Committee on Un-American Activities, renamed in 1969 as the Committee on Internal Security, and abolished in 1975. Abbreviation: HUAC. -
committee of correspondence
an intercolonial committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British anticolonial actions and to plan colonial resistance or countermeasures. -
select committee
a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue. -
accept
If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it. -
ad hoc
An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance. -
agitprop
Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.