Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics or in advancing one's career. / Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.

A ruthless schemer.

(US military) Acronym of Military Airlift Command, formerly, one of three former divisions of the US airforce, the others being SAC and TAC. / Acronym of Military Armament Corporation.

(chemistry) Initialism of maximum allowable concentration, the maximum concentration of a pollutant which is considered harmless to healthy adults during their working hours, assuming they breathe uncontaminated air at all other times.

The former constitutional name of the Republic of North Macedonia

The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively. / The working parts of a machine as a group. / The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.

To cut or chop with a machete. / To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.

Alternative form of MacArthur

A vending machine that dispenses soft drinks.