paramilitaries
- plural of paramilitary.
Example Sentences
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Sudan's civil war erupted in April 2023 out of a power struggle between the regular army and the RSF over how and whether the paramilitaries would integrate into the security forces.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Iraq still faces many challenges, not least sectarianism, paramilitaries and Iranian meddling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Fuel tanker convoys have started returning to Bamako due to escorts provided by the army and Russian paramilitaries from the Africa Corps -- the successor to the Wagner group -- under aerial surveillance.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
The act's fatal flaw was a conditional immunity clause - later ruled unlawful - which could have been used by ex-soldiers, or former paramilitaries.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Her husband was an Arab, and there were Israeli paramilitaries on the ground in the city.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
