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- noun The
police in theSoviet Union and related states.
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Examples
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On the Armenian border, as in the Baltics in January 1991, units of the local police ( "militsia") were a special target.
Armenia: A Report from the Border Gaer, Felice D. 1991
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Only 11 percent of Russians support an initiative by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to change the name of Russian law enforcers from the Russian "militsia" to the internationally accepted word "police," Russian business daily Vedomosti said on Friday.
RIA Novosti 2010
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She had been accused to provide false information about actions of militsia officer.
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She had been accused to provide false information about actions of militsia officer.
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October 2008 famous advocate Vera Stremkovskaya head ofBelarus Human Right Center, lawyer, who worked for prominent opposition politicians and recently protected interest of clients complaining against criminal actions of militsia officers, suddenly left the country with no explanation.
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October 2008 famous advocate Vera Stremkovskaya head ofBelarus Human Right Center, lawyer, who worked for prominent opposition politicians and recently protected interest of clients complaining against criminal actions of militsia officers, suddenly left the country with no explanation.
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Now, with the breakdown of national borders and increased activity by an EU militsia, are those interests better protected or more vulnerable?
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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As I approach the school, there are no how-to-vote cards, no one at all except for one lone militsia sitting on a chair at the top of the school steps and looking bored as I go in.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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But he never got to deliver that message, having been arrested by Kazakhstan's notorious militsia military police ....
James Love: Wisdom of Selling a Piece of Westinghouse to Kazakhstan 2008
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So it was nice to once again get a lift in the Peace Corps SUV bearing diplomatic plates, which allowed us to cruise through all the militsia checkpoints.
Safe And Sound... 2004
feelsurreal commented on the word militsia
slang for "police" in Nadsat
(literary lingo from A Clockwork orange)
January 7, 2009