flak jacket
noun
: a jacket containing metal plates for protection against flak
broadly
: a bulletproof vest
called also flak vest
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Ugandan soldiers raided Wine’s house the day after the Jan. 15 vote, but the opposition leader had already gone into hiding, fearing for his life after campaigning for weeks in a helmet and flak jacket at rallies where security forces were a constant presence.
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Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
The 44-year-old former pop singer, who claims he has been beaten, tasered, and attacked with teargas while campaigning against Museveni, is now rarely seen in public without a flak jacket and helmet.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
Kyagulanyi moves about in a ballistic helmet and flak jacket.
—Charles Onyango-Obbo, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
And snap after snap, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers — hiding his dad-bod pot belly under a flak jacket that looked two sizes too small — would shift a player, gauge the Niners’ defensive response, and bark out a new play.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
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Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
The 44-year-old former pop singer, who claims he has been beaten, tasered, and attacked with teargas while campaigning against Museveni, is now rarely seen in public without a flak jacket and helmet.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
Kyagulanyi moves about in a ballistic helmet and flak jacket.
—Charles Onyango-Obbo, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
And snap after snap, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers — hiding his dad-bod pot belly under a flak jacket that looked two sizes too small — would shift a player, gauge the Niners’ defensive response, and bark out a new play.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Flak jacket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flak%20jacket. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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