paramilitary

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The young officer and his half-dozen colleagues at the checkpoint were members of the People's Armed Police, the main Chinese paramilitary force.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or being a group of civilians organized in a military fashion, especially to operate in place of or assist regular army troops.
  2. noun A member of a paramilitary force.

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  • Because it started out as paramilitary, there were no uniforms, just black berets. —  Brown Waters, Black Berets
  • Topics will include the use of terrorists as a regime paramilitary, the fate of the tens of thousands of internally displaced refugees, the sectarian and political dimensions, regime tactics in targeting not only the rebels but the broader Zaidi population. —  The Jawa Report
  • The young officer and his half-dozen colleagues at the checkpoint were members of the People's Armed Police, the main Chinese paramilitary force. —  news | GT | http://www.gadsdentimes.com
  • He has also cut through the red tape and sanctioned long pending and muchneeded equipment for the paramilitary forces like bulletproof vests and rifles. —  IntelliBriefs
  • It is only after beginning of propagandist activity sponsored by official Belgrade in the late 19th century and the appearance of Serbian paramilitary, the Četniks, after 1904 that the described process of ethnic melting was halted and partially reversed. —  SofiaEcho RSS feed
 

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