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paramilitary
[ par-uh-mil-i-ter-ee ]
adjective
- noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force:
a paramilitary police unit.
noun
- Also 貹····ٲ· [] a person employed in such a force.
paramilitary
/ ˌpærəˈmɪlɪtərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- denoting or relating to a group of personnel with military structure functioning either as a civil force or in support of military forces
- denoting or relating to a force with military structure conducting armed operations against a ruling or occupying power
noun
- a paramilitary force
- a member of such a force
Word History and Origins
Origin of paramilitary1
Example Sentences
In February this year, Armen Sargsyan, the leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine, died in hospital after an explosion in the entrance hall of a residential building in north-west Moscow.
Mr O'Hara, a father-of-five, had no connection with any political party or paramilitary group.
The model was Eddie’s sister Carolina, named after Juan Edgar’s preteen daughter, who was disappeared by paramilitary forces along with her mother.
Yet, they give permission for this parade and they stipulate there should be no paramilitary clothing when they knew there would be paramilitary clothing and we saw it.
It comes just weeks after some residents were sent leaflets claiming to be from a loyalist paramilitary organisation.
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