Usually means: Armed groups supplementing official military.
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  1. paramilitary forces: Vocabulary.com
  2. Paramilitary forces: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. paramilitary forces: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Paramilitary Forces: Encyclopedia

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  1. Army Technology Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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noun:  a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
▸ Also see paramilitary_force

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