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army of occupation

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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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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

But when Vietnam withdrew the bulk of its army of occupation from Cambodia last September, it removed the last major barrier to recognition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whilst France had become so quiet that the Congress ordered its evacuation by the army of occupation, Germany became a new subject of anxiety.

From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt

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