DC, noun2

Origin:
Initial letters of disciplinary committee.
people’s court sense 3. Also attributive.
1990 M. Ndwandwe in Tribute Sept. 64People’s courts, or ‘disciplinary committees’ (DCs) were a phenomenon of life in the townships in the eighties.
1990 M. Ndwandwe in Tribute Sept. 65Youths who participated eagerly in the DC hearings and who were the ‘shock troops’ of the people’s courts.
people’s court sense 3. Also attributive.
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