Milice

See also: milice

English

Proper noun

the Milice

1. (historical) The French paramilitary force in Vichy France from 1940-1944 used to fight against internal dissent.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 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.

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