paramilitary
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- noun
- /ˌpærəˈmɪlɪˌtɛri/
- Literature
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grupo paramilitar
- The country has seen a rise in paramilitary groups that operate independently of the regular army.
- guerrillas and paramilitaries
- right-wing paramilitary
- paramilitary group
What what was the United States trying to gain by giving money to the military and effectively the paramilitaries?
- What what was the United States trying to gain by giving money to the military and effectively the paramilitaries?
- These women genuinely thought it was cool to be part of a racist paramilitary working to undermine their own rights, and they were encouraged to think that.
- And what what happened was is that many Zionist paramilitaries that again today.
- And you, you know, we were surrounded by violence, you know, paramilitaries, British summer maids, SARS and cars all the time.
- It's a narrow difference as the paramilitary, but they are so hated that it has polarized the country.
- Someone who came who would more more so like paramilitaries who would have fought for what they believed in and sacrificed their freedom.
Examples
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Serb paramilitaries, supported by the Yugoslav National Army, swept into Kosovo.
Academic text (2002) -
Eventually, the Polish paramilitary groups agreed to a ceasefire, but only if they could remain intact.
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And he said we were in, we were under the protection of a paramilitary police force out of Thailand.
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Over two decades of sectarian, paramilitary, and state violence were to follow.
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The huge public demonstrations against violence appeared to have little effect on the actions of the paramilitaries or the state security forces.
Academic text (2006) -
Presently, the peace process with the paramilitaries is advancing.
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In the meantime, the paramilitaries were thriving.
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By the late 1990s, the FARC and paramilitaries in particular had grown, at least in financial and military terms, stronger than ever.
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Since then, the guerrillas and paramilitaries have stepped up their assaults with little interference from the government.
Academic text (2000) -
Colombian right-wing paramilitaries.
Synonyms
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An organized group of ordinary people who act as soldiers in emergencies
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A group of people trained like soldiers to act with or for the army
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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
An armed group of local people organized to defend an area or fight outside the regular army
A group that looks and acts like an army but is not official
Compounds
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A group of people trained like soldiers to act with or for the army
- Literature
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6.5
A group of civilians trained and armed like soldiers to support or replace the army
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7.4
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
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paramilitary comes from the part para- meaning 'beside' and military meaning 'soldiers' or 'army', so a paramilitary group is a band of people who are not the official army but act like soldiers beside it.