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paramilitary
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paramilitary
1. denoting or relating to a group of personnel with military structure functioning either as a civil force or in support of military forces
2. denoting or relating to a force with military structure conducting armed operations against a ruling or occupying power
3. 
a. a paramilitary force
b. a member of such a force


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As both a political party and a Christian paramilitary force, it has played a major, if controversial, role in Lebanese politics from the 1930s to the present day.
18) SF elements execute FID missions principally through military operations with HN forces, providing indirect support to friendly armed forces and paramilitary forces and, in some cases, participating in direct combat operations.
We then trained and certified a cadre to train this new Iraqi paramilitary force.
 
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