mercenary

Example Sentences

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It has hired Russian mercenaries to tackle the insecurity, though large parts of the country remain outside government control.

From BBC

Touadéra campaigned on his security record in the chronically unstable nation after rebels seized power in 2013, a crisis that led the government to enlist support from Russian mercenaries and Rwandan soldiers.

From BBC

Security forces were omnipresent in the capital's streets, with a significant deployment of police, army, and Wagner Group mercenaries.

From Barron's

Frank Capra, the multiple Academy Award winner whose everyman heroes symbolized the American spirit triumphing over mercenary or venal big business and big government, died Tuesday at his desert retirement home.

From Los Angeles Times

An AFP investigation has uncovered how Colombian mercenaries ended up on the other side of the world through a network of profit and silence stretching from the Andes to Darfur.

From Barron's