Milice
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See also: milice
English
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Proper noun
[edit]the Milice
- (historical) The French paramilitary force in Vichy France from 1940-1944 used to fight against internal dissent.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 741:
- And then, of course, there was the ever present danger of being denounced to the Milice; its members would invoke the Gestapo, and anything might result from such a thing – deportation, imprisonments, or even ill-treatment at the hands of these thugs.