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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

Trushnovich's NTS concentrated on planting seeds of discontent in the Soviet army of occupation in East Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such is a picture of the sufferings of our army of occupation, drawn by an eye-witness, and scarcely colored by the warmth of his feelings.

From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Mayer, Brantz

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