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- proper noun historical The French
paramilitary force in Vichy France from 1940-1944 used to fight against internal dissent.
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Examples
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He was no longer master of himself or of those he commanded, and I could scarce believe that this harried, brow-beaten, menaced leader of the Milice was the alert and intrepid soldier I had served under before Yorktown. "
Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe
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I am sure we can find you a place in the Milice. on March 23, 2008 at 4: 21 pm | Reply Jon Gregory
An Ex Traffic Biker Writes: « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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In August, 1943, after her brother was nearly arrested by the Milice, the paramilitary police, on charges of aiding the resistance, she went into hiding and edited a resistance newspaper, La Nouvelle République.
Louise Weiss. 2009
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That is all before we consider the nature of what it is he is trying to railroad this country into and how much damage that will do to his reputation as previous hoodwinked electors realise just how and the extent to which Macavity, Milliband, Murphy and all the rest of the Brown Milice have been lying through their teeth about what this Constitutional Treaty does.
Referendum Comment 2007
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That is all before we consider the nature of what it is he is trying to railroad this country into and how much damage that will do to his reputation as previous hoodwinked electors realise just how and the extent to which Macavity, Milliband, Murphy and all the rest of the Brown Milice have been lying through their teeth about what this Constitutional Treaty does.
Archive 2007-08-05 2007
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I didn't notice the Milice in La Belle France doing it in 1940 and I don't see 'Er Majesty's Constabulary doing it now.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Furthermore, it became clear to me as I read that it wasn't really Nazis who briefly tortured her in Resort to War--it was the Milice.
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"Use my authority to make contact with the Milice."
Farthing 2006
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He remembered a few years ago talking to colleagues in the Milice and the Gestapo over a case of an international smuggling gang, and finding them nice chaps.
Farthing 2006
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I came across this passage in my reading today: The blind hatred that the Milice excited in the breasts of the resistants led to terrible reprisals, some of which the Resistance later wished to forget.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 As'ad 2006
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