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Definition of huac in English English dictionary
- House Un-American Activities Committee
- the House Un-American Activities Committee a group in the US House of Representatives which tried to find out whether US citizens were enemies of the government. It was especially active during the early 1950s as a result of McCarthyism. At this time, the Committee judged many cases involving politicians, military officers, and other well-known people who were believed to be Communists. It stopped operating in 1975
- committee in the U.S. House of Representatives that investigated citizens that were thought to be communists (operated during the late 1940s and early 1950s)