paramilitary
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˌpærəˈmɪlɪˌtɛri/
- Literature
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paramilitar
- Indigenous forces, like the paramilitary Frontier Corps, are best placed to undertake the difficult task of controlling the frontier.
- paramilitary forces
- paramilitary group
- paramilitary organization
There were a lot of CIA paramilitary operations going on in Vietnam and Laos, right?
- There were a lot of CIA paramilitary operations going on in Vietnam and Laos, right?
- But what they essentially want to be is to replace the police with their own paramilitary type groups.
- And it's like a paramilitary group that trains other settlers on military compact, give them weapons and do like military drills.
- Later I wrote a book about the CI as paramilitary surprise kill vanish.
Examples
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Tonight's lead story is the daring and deadly paramilitary robbery at Camp Pendleton.
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A covert paramilitary unit from the former Soviet Union.
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The world has set up a new paramilitary force.
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We have two paramilitary assets in the country.
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Those who score well are recruited into a secret paramilitary academy.
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But direct confrontations between the security forces and paramilitary units have been rare.
Academic text (1999) -
Both communities have paramilitary factions itching to get at each other.
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Neighboring countries backed them with funding, paramilitary training, and weapons, further fomenting instability.
Academic text (2011) -
HRT was the FBI's elite paramilitary force, trained to capture terrorists, hostage-takers, and violent criminals in life-threatening situations.
Fiction book (1995) -
The government established a paramilitary unit to assist in emergency response efforts during the disaster.
Compounds
- Literature
4
6.8
A group of people trained like soldiers to act with or for the army
- Literature
2
6.5
A group of civilians trained and armed like soldiers to support or replace the army
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A group of civilians organized and trained like soldiers to support or replace the army
- Literature
A violent fight between armed groups that are not part of the official army
How Military
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paramilitary comes from the part para- meaning 'beside' and military meaning 'soldiers' or 'army', so when paramilitary describes something it means 'like' or 'next to' the army — acting like soldiers or supporting the army without being the official forces.