Paramilitary

Paramilitary describes forces which are organised as military forces, but are not part of the Armed Forces. Examples of such forces are police forces of a country. There are paramilitary groups that are official (run by a country), and others that are not.

The name comes from Greek para (which means beside) and Latin miles (which means soldier).

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