NFA

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.

NFA

1. (Philippines) Initialism of National Food Authority.
2. (Uganda) Initialism of National Forestry Authority.
3. (US) Initialism of National Firearms Act.
   • 2025 March 26, Hannah Rabinowitz, “DOJ considers abandoning the defense of federal restrictions on gun silencers”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 April 2025:

     The NFA has been a flashpoint for advocates, who say that silencers are not frequently used in crime and believe that the silencers and other weapons regulated under the law, including machine guns and short-barreled rifles and shotguns, are protected by the Second Amendment.

NFA (not comparable)

1. (journalism) Initialism of not for attribution.

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^[2], archived from the original on 1 April 2022:

     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^[3], archived from the original on 12 March 2026:

     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^[4], archived from the original on 1 April 2022:

     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).
     Sungai Buloh district police chief, Superintendent Shafa'aton Abu Bakar, said they received the notice of NFA from the Deputy Public Prosecutor regarding the case.

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.

• AFN, ANF, FAN, FNA, Fan, NAF, fan