NFA

English

Noun

NFA (uncountable)

1. Initialism of no fixed abode.
2. (military) Initialism of non-forecast airlift.

   The crew departed to conduct some NFA flying.

   This mission is not part of our annual flying schedule; it will be NFA.

3. Initialism of nondeterministic finite-state automaton.

Proper noun

NFA

1. (Philippines) Initialism of National Food Authority.
2. (Uganda) Initialism of National Forestry Authority.

Adjective

NFA (not comparable)

1. (journalism) Initialism of not for attribution; indicating that a source must not be named.

Phrase

NFA

1. (law enforcement, criminal law, UK, Malaysia) Initialism of no further action; a potential outcome for a suspect from a police investigation.
   • 2020 November 24, “Individuals linked to Chin Peng's ashes will not face charges - minister”, in Malaysiakini:

     Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin said the case has been classified as "no further action" (NFA) due to lack of evidence.

   • 2021 January 31, Farik Zolkepli, “PJ police go the extra mile to help the needy”, in The Star:

     ACP Nik Ezanee closed the investigation by classifying it as no further action (NFA) after hearing about the woman's plight.

   • 2021 August 5, Muhaamad Hafis Nawawi, “Case of teacher who allegedly made rape joke classified as NFA”, in New Straits Times:

     Police have completed investigations into a Physical Education (PE) teacher who allegedly made a rape joke in front of his students at school, and have classified it as No Further Action (NFA).

Verb

NFA (third-person singular simple present NFAs, present participle NFAing or NFA'ing, simple past and past participle NFAd or NFA'd or NFAed)

1. (law enforcement slang, UK) To formally end the police investigation of a suspect with no further action.

   After that interview, I think we can NFA him.

Anagrams

• AFN, ANF, FAN, FNA, Fan, NAF, fan