militia

At age eighteen, he joined the Wiltshire militia in 1807.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Reynano López 46, an avocado farmer, starts his morning shift with the self-defense militia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Taeb, a cleric, was named commander of the Basij, the IRGC's vast youth militia, which has become notorious as an enforcer of security in Iranian neighbourhoods.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Further south of Ituri there are large areas held by the M23 rebels, a powerful militia that says it has managed to contain the outbreak.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

In Concord that day, the British were confronted and soundly beaten by the colonial militia, and from that exchange came the war known as the American Revolution.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said it would refrain from retaliating against the Iraqi militias at the request of Baghdad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The group evolved from the government-supported Janjaweed militias of the 2000s to become the army’s most powerful ally before turning on it in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Parliament member Ofer Cassif, of Hadash, an Arab-Jewish communist party, told AFP he was concerned opposition voters could face intimidation before and during the election -- not only from police but from "private, armed militias".

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

El-Fasher was the army's last stronghold in the western region of Darfur until it fell to the RSF and allied Arab militias after 18 months last October.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Wearing cotton armor and wooden helmets, brandishing lances, hatchets, and maces, and carrying great painted litters with effigies of their gods, the two militias marched on Mutal.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann