HVE

See also: hve and hvé

English

Noun

HVE (plural HVEs)

  1. (US, law enforcement) Initialism of homegrown violent extremist [1]
    • 2020 October, “Homeland Threat Assessment”, in Department of Homeland Security[1], page 19:
      Despite territorial defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS continues to draw support from HVEs in the United States and the group’s global calls for attacks have intensified since the death last year of senior leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of high volatile ester.

Synonyms

  • (extremists): DVE

Coordinate terms

(extremists):

extremists

References

  1. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Threat Assessment: October 2020,

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