military government

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noun
  1. a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.

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How to use military government in a sentence

  • In the interior they established a fairly well-organized military government.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • The military government had no time to waste on those who stepped out of line, they had no mercy to spare.

    Derelict | Alan Edward Nourse
  • The Johnson provisional government was a military government with the President as the source of authority.

  • Pending the decision of the Alabama question by Congress, Meade carried on the military government as usual.

  • The ideal man for a military government, his is an Iron Fist; but if the fist were of softer stuff, all Belgium would be in chaos.