paramilitary
/ˌparəˈmɪlɪt(ə)ri
/adjective
Organized similarly to a military force: illegal paramilitary groups paramilitary police...
- And what sort of training does this paramilitary police force give such conscripts?
- Local police, paramilitary police and military units have now surrounded the building.
- The raids killed or captured paramilitary forces and captured a number of large arms and ammunition in caches.
noun (plural paramilitaries)
A member of a paramilitary organization.The struggle in Chocó is but one stage on which the guerrillas and right-wing paramilitaries are fighting their war....
- The right-wing paramilitaries also gain much of their revenue from the drug trade.
- British troops report civilians are telling them where the paramilitaries hide.
