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Meanings of foreign mercenaries in English

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Usage of foreign mercenaries in English
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The rebels accuse Gaddafi of using foreign mercenaries to fight the revolt.
Reuters
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For a brief breathing space the country was cleared of foreign mercenaries.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 06: 1560-61
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They choose easy prey, not foreign mercenaries with heavy arms and light purses.
The river kings' road
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There had been a composition between the foreign mercenaries and the French King.
History of the United Netherlands, 1587d
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The leaders of foreign mercenaries have always been most dangerous to a country.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1
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Abdullah was sceptical about rebel accusations that many were foreign mercenaries.
The Guardian
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Some insults were cast upon those foreign mercenaries and some stones were flung.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
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Attempts to reinforce with expensive foreign mercenaries do not appear to have been effective.
The Guardian
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In 2004 dozens of foreign mercenaries tried to overthrow the president but were caught.
Reuters
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Even one or two of the foreign mercenaries sat with them, their heads hanging.
Blood and Bone
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The foreign mercenaries kept climbing; by now most of the archers had gained the wall.
Blood and Bone
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They opposed brute force to reason and philosophy, and battalions of foreign mercenaries to ideas.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
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The handful of foreign mercenaries with which Henry VII.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12
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They are accused of planning to oust the government in a drug-funded plot involving foreign mercenaries.
Reuters
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She fights, but it is with foreign mercenaries.
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal
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But he has been in exile since May 2016, when prosecutors accused him of hiring foreign mercenaries.
Reuters
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