FTO

Meanings

nounFTO (countable and uncountable, plural FTOs or FTO's)

plural FTOs · plural FTO's

USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of field training officer.
USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of foreign terrorist organisation.
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At the same time, we will continue to find and remove the cartel and gang members who were let into our country under the Biden Administration while using FTO designations to strangle the commercial and logistical sinews of their organizations. […] Given the Muslim Brotherhood’s key role in promoting modern terrorism, we will continue to designate its branches across the Middle East and beyond as FTOs to crush the organization everywhere it operates.
2026 May 29, “United States Counterterrorism Strategy”, in whitehouse.gov, archived from the original on 08 May 2026, pages 6, 12
abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableintellectual propertyInitialism of freedom to operate.

nouna political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals

Similar

terrorist organizationterrorist groupforeign terrorist organization

Broader

political movement

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APA

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