militia
Example Sentences
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Both books show how enslaved people exerted pressure against slaveholders, militias and the political leaders who sought to perpetuate systems of forced labor.
The military has been fighting against both armed resistance groups which oppose the coup and ethnic armies that have their own militias.
From BBC
Some militia members have been airlifted to Israeli hospitals after sustaining injuries, the officials said.
With no independent justice system in place, opponents of the M23 faced repression, some accused of being in cahoots with the pro-government militia.
From Barron's
The militia alliance, analysts say, miscalculated in its negotiations with the government, seeming to believe it would have the backing of its longtime ally.
From BBC
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