Synonyms for PARAMILITARY
ˌpær əˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr ipara·mil·i·ta·ry

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1. paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisationadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary

2. paramilitaryadjective

   of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit

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1. List of paraphrases for "paramilitary":

   paramilitaries, para-military, semi-military, quasi-military, paramilitarism, vigilante

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1. President Nicolas Maduro:

   The plan is to consolidate territories of peace wherever the OLP operations take place, to free the people of this paramilitary stain and these criminal gangs that sully our people.

2. Antonio Giustozzi:

   Pakistan's bottom line is strong political representation in the Kabul government, there is also a concern for the long-term solidity of this representation __ maybe embedding some form of permanent power for clerics in the constitution or some de facto Taliban-controlled paramilitary force.

3. Mohammad Hadi Marashi:

   A (paramilitary) Basij base in Nik Shahr came under ... fire this morning and several from the Revolutionary Guards communications personnel who were wiring the base were hit, five of the Guards personnel were wounded and one was martyred.

4. Marine Lieutenant General Thomas Waldhauser:

   The unpredictable nature of paramilitary group patronage will most likely remain a significant obstacle to the GNA’s efforts to establish sovereignty.

5. Jack Watling:

   Because of the institutional organizational capacity of those paramilitary groups, when Saddam Hussein fell and the repression that contained them ended, they flourished. They had the capacity to expand and to operate more overtly.