ERF
v.— «Today he tells The Observer of repeated assaults by Camp Delta’s punishment squad, known as the Extreme Reaction Force or ERF…Rasul said they led to a new verb being coined by detainees: “to be ERFed.” That, he said, meant being slammed against a floor by a soldier wielding a riot shield, pinned to the ground and beaten up by five armed men.» —“US guards ‘filmed beatings’ at terror camp” by David Rose, Gaby Hinsliff Observer (U.K.) May 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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