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paramilitary::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit |
| Type of | force, personnel |
| Has types | fedayeen, fedayeen saddam, saddam's martyrs |
paramilitary:: | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of paramilitary
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A group of soldiers in paramilitary gear stood in the main road at Puerto Nuevo.
From the washingtontimes.com
They were among 14 Colombian paramilitary members extradited to the U.S. in May.
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More than a decade later, the CIA still has extensive paramilitary assets there.
From the washingtonpost.com
In the past two years, however, Tenet has enlarged the CIA's paramilitary force.
From the time.com
Campaign terror was held to a minimum by 150,000 troops and paramilitary forces.
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The U. S. was poised to rescue its paramilitary and diplomatic advisors in Laos.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Again in 2008, his paramilitary battled Iraq's security forces in pitched combat.
From the washingtontimes.com
Why, then, the paramilitary training that takes up nearly all the militia's time?
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The ISI's core problem is that it created paramilitary forces it can't control.
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- Of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit
- A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force, but which is not considered part of a nation's formal military forces.
- (Paramilitaries) Organised groups who use violence to get what they want.
- "'Paramilitary groups' are bodies which act together with the military institution but which at the same time exercise irregular action, deviated, deformed, from the military."^(7)
- Designating an organization operating in place of, as a supplement to, or in a manner resembling a regular military force; see STRIKER, IRREGULARs, MILITIA, GUERRILLA. [cf: landsturm]
- Armed group not formally part of a state's military, but often informally affiliated with it.
