Sentence examples for to warlord from inspiring English sources
noun
A high military officer in a warlike nation.
IT TOOK Liberia's Charles Taylor seven bloody years to graduate from embezzler to warlord to elected president.
In Michael Campus's chaotic but riveting film, the New York black militant and political organizer goes from prizewinning schoolboy essayist to juvenile burglar to warlord of a street gang to prison inmate and out again.
In 1993, we lost 18 Army Rangers in Somalia amidst a humanitarian mission that switched to warlord hunting.
On January 30 , 1993 a Marine patrol was ambushed in Mogadishu by gunmen faithful to warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid bringing about casualties.
He pushed France to support and provide arms to warlord Charles Taylor's rebels during the First Liberian Civil War in hopes of receiving some of the country's assets and resources after the war.
He said in an interview last week that he did not want to resort to violence and bloodshed to bring warlords to heel, and preferred a policy of inclusion.
The choice is stark: back to warlord-controlled Afghanistan, the maelstrom of "liberated" Iraq, reverse ethnically cleansed Yugoslavia, or beg, steal or borrow in constituencies like mine.
The choice is stark: back to warlord-controlled Afghanistan, the maelstrom of "liberated" Iraq, reverse ethnically cleansed Yugoslavia, or beg, steal or borrow in constituencies like mine... Read the full article One of the best pieces of journalism I have read in years is Nick Davies Howw Britain is losing the drugs war (Guardian, May 22).
They give support to warlords who may be locally unpopular.
Election authorities have threatened to ban 255 candidates with links to warlords unless they disarm.
"I would go to warlords and tell them to knock it off," she said.
