praetorian
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Dictators obviously maintain unilateral control of their militaries, employed as they invariably are as praetorian protectors and coercive extensions of their autocratic overlords.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2023
“It’s an army within an army, the regime’s praetorian guard,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Key aspects of the effort to achieve legitimacy were thus more praetorian or Bonapartist than fascist.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2017
Here is a look at five other incidents that have marred the record of the White House's praetorian guard.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2014
Furthermore, the supervision of the transportation of grain to Rome was transferred from the prefect of the grain supply to the praetorian prefect, and the former officer merely supervised its distribution within the city.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
