paramilitary force

1. 1.

   a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)

   Synonymsparamilitaryparamilitary unitparamilitary organizationparamilitary organisation

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Questions about paramilitary force

What does paramilitary force mean?

paramilitary force means "a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)".

What is another word for paramilitary force?

Close synonyms include paramilitary, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paramilitary force a common word?

paramilitary force is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.