From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Groupings, Bombs & terrorism, Militaryparamilitarypar‧a‧mil‧i‧ta‧ry /ˌpærəˈmɪlətəri◂ $ -teri◂/ adjective [usually before noun]1PPGSCBa paramilitary organization is an illegal group that is organized like an armyextremist paramilitary groups2PMrelating to or helping a military organizationthe paramilitary police —paramilitary noun [countable]Examples from the Corpusparamilitary• paramilitarygear• The building tradealone, which is particularly vulnerable to paramilitary intimidation, loses millions of pounds a year.• There had been no paramilitaryinvolvement and no one had been injured, he said.• paramilitaryoperations• Usually it was a member of a political party; occasionally of a paramilitary organisation.• Suspicions will now be increased that the regiment has been penetrated by a network of loyalistparamilitarysupporters and sympathisers.• More paramilitary than military, more maverick than paramilitary.• In other countries, however, suspicions persist that the weapons and the paramilitarytraining were put to illegal use.• The Good Fridayagreement was equivocal on decommissioning of paramilitary weapons.