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flak jacket

[′flak ‚jak·ət]

(engineering)

A jacket or vest of heavy fabric containing metal, nylon, or ceramic plates, designed especially for protection against flak; usually covers the chest, abdomen, back, and genitals, leaving the arms and legs free. Also known as flak vest.

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The two men were reported to have been wearing blue flak-jackets at the time, but an analyst at Control Risks, another British security company also operating in Mosul, said they did not appear to have been driving armoured cars.

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All the camera gear, flak-jackets, money, everything except for the tape which they had filmed today and which was broadcast on the Nine O'Clock News."

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Flak-jacketed police with sub-machineguns set up roadblocks and moved into the hills, claiming "dozens of terrorists" were arrested in the search-and-sweep operation.