English-German translations for militia

• Miliz die
  Ein Land überfallen, heißt „eine Miliz zurückschlagen“. Invading a country equates to ‘fighting off a militia’.
  Die Indonesier müssen versuchen, die Miliz und deren Aktivitäten zu stoppen. The Indonesians must try and halt the militia and their activities in the area.
  Die Täter gehören einer lokalen Miliz an, und es waren Vertreter der örtlichen Polizei dabei. The perpetrators belong to a local militia and some local police officers were involved.
• Landwehr
• Miliz Landwehr Reserve Volksheer die
• Reserve die
  Das heißt, dass das El-Kaida-Netzwerk und die Taliban-Milizen immer noch über große Finanzreserven verfügen, die aus dem Opiumanbau und -handel kommen. This means that the al?Qa'ida network and the Taliban militias still have large reserves of finance at their disposal, derived from the cultivation and sale of opium.
• Volksheer

Definition of militia

• An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control

Related words

• military
• militant
• militarism
• humility
• paramilitary
• militarist
• militarily
• verisimilitude
• demilitarisation