Opec

//ˈoʊpɛk// name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "Yes there are analogs in Dune of today’s events—corruption and bribery in the highest places, whole police forces lost to organized crime, regulatory agencies taken over by the people they are supposed to regulate. The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC."

Synonyms

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interpolnatoorganization of petroleum exporting countriesorganization of petroleum-exporting countriesseato

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"You can't cop out on explaining a price increase of that size by blaming OPEC; that won't wash."

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