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Definition of paramilitary adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

paramilitary

adjective

NAmE//ˌpærəˈmɪləˌtɛri//

[usually before noun]

1a paramilitary organization is an illegal group that is organized like an army a right-wing paramilitary group

2helping the official army of a country paramilitary police, such as the CRS in France

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