army of occupation

American  

noun

1. an army occupying conquered territory to maintain order and to ensure the carrying out of peace or armistice terms.

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Example Sentences

The end of the Civil War left an army of occupation in the South.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2018

President Jimmy Carter championed human rights, but his Administration had been reluctant to open America’s doors to Cambodians fleeing starvation and fighting between Vietnam’s army of occupation and the guerrillas of the Khmer Rouge.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015

After the war, I stayed in the army of occupation for about six months and then I went back to the US and ended up as a clinical psychologist.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2015

That alliance ended in 1978, however, when the Christian Phalangists suddenly declared the Syrians to be an army of occupation and drove them out of Beirut's Christian-held areas.

From Time Magazine Archive

I want you to take me with you as one of your Red Cross nurses to work with the army of occupation on the Rhine.

From The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory by Vandercook, Margaret