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paramilitary

Syllabification: (par·a·mil·i·tar·y)

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Definition of paramilitary

adjective

  • (of an unofficial force) organized similarly to a military force:soldiers and police have been killed in conflicts with the drug cartels and their paramilitary allies

noun (plural paramilitaries)

  • a member of an unofficial paramilitary organization.

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