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paramilitary

(pærəmɪlɪtri, US -teri)
Word forms: plural paramilitaries
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A paramilitary organization is organized like an army and performs either civil or military functions in a country.
Searches by the army and paramilitary forces have continued today.
Paramilitary police units are taking part in rescue efforts.
Paramilitaries are members of a paramilitary organization.
Paramilitaries and army recruits patrolled the village.
They had cropped heads and wore paramilitary uniforms.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A paramilitary organization is an illegal group that is organized like an army.
...a law which said that all paramilitary groups must be disarmed.
There are signs of paramilitary activity supported from abroad.
Paramilitaries are members of an illegal paramilitary organization.
Loyalist paramilitaries were blamed for the shooting.

paramilitary in British English

(ˌpærəˈmɪlɪtərɪ, -trɪ)
adjective
1. 
denoting or relating to a group of personnel with military structure functioning either as a civil force or in support of military forces
2. 
denoting or relating to a force with military structure conducting armed operations against a ruling or occupying power
noun
3. 
a. 
a paramilitary force
b. 
a member of such a force

paramilitary in American English

(ˌpærəˈmɪləˌtɛri)
adjective
designating or of forces working along with, or in place of, a regular military organization, often as a semiofficial or secret auxiliary
Word origin
para-1 + military

Examples of 'paramilitary' in a sentence
paramilitary

By calling themselves militias, paramilitary groups claim to be protected by the constitution.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Opposition politicians maintain that armed paramilitaries have attacked the protests.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The paramilitary organisation said a permanent ceasefire would begin tomorrow.
The Sun (2006)
Hopefully there will be a time when nobody joins these paramilitary organisations.
The Sun (2007)
They were deployed to protect civilians from marauding paramilitary forces on both sides of the sectarian divide.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Many former paramilitaries have become involved in organised crime in the aftermath of the peace settlement.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Women from families that were involved in the security forces or paramilitary organisations often suffered more than one bereavement.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Was this a rock group, or a paramilitary unit?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is the largest loss of life suffered by the force since the paramilitaries' ceasefire.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The heat has gone out of the conflict and former paramilitaries now telephone each other across the peace lines to defuse potential trouble.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Black leaders in Washington have demanded a federal investigation into the use of paramilitary police units in poor neighbourhoods.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The group had the feel of a paramilitary unit when it used aggressive tactics to deal with the industrial disputes of the 1970s.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Security will now be handed over to the country's army, paramilitary and police forces.
The Sun (2014)
Some of the dead wear green Libyan army fatigues, others the camouflage uniform of police paramilitary units.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
paramilitary

British English: paramilitary ADJECTIVE
A paramilitary organization is organized like an army and performs either civil or military functions in a country.
Searches by the army and paramilitary forces have continued today.
  • American English: paramilitary
  • Brazilian Portuguese: paramilitar
  • Chinese: > 准军事性的组织
  • European Spanish: paramilitar
  • French: paramilitaire
  • German: paramilitärisch
  • Italian: paramilitare
  • Japanese: 準軍事的組織の
  • Korean: 준군사 조직
  • European Portuguese: paramilitar
  • Latin American Spanish: paramilitar
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