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Meanings of local militia in English

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Usage of local militia in English
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Seventeen police officers and members of a local militia made similar pleas.
Reuters
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Air strikes backed up local militia in clashes near Aden's international airport.
Reuters
3
He acted as deputy-lieutenant and as colonel-commandant of local militia and yeomanry.
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman
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Small pickets of marines, backed up by volunteers from the local militia.
Success to the Brave
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Abuses during Seleka's nine-month rule triggered reprisal killings by local militia.
Reuters
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Will the Public Protection Force turn into another predatory local militia?
Wired
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Garnet and Renthrette had it all penciled out: half infantry, half local militia.
Act of will
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Like several other farmers, Youhanna now relies on a salary from a local militia.
Reuters
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But a few do still go in, usually hiring local militia to protect them.
Reuters
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The court-house was guarded by twenty armed volunteers, a body apparently of local militia.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 / A Magazi...
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Only minimal casualties have been sustained by our local militia.
Reuters
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Raia Mutumboki is a local militia group that says it is protecting the local population.
Reuters
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The rest of internal security at Ulindi is handled by local militia, police, and snakes.
Perilous Shield
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The local militia, encountering this invader who couldn't speak English, either shot or hanged him.
The new yorker
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No pirates control this city, and its local militia is reputed to be fairly easygoing.
Grand junction
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They want me to set up a local militia.
Coalition's End
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