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• n  a member of the Praetorian Guard
• a  of or relating to a Roman praetor
• s  characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality

• Says one reformist: "I don't think the President thought that so many of his praetorian guards would turn against him.
• As commander of the Revolutionary Guards, the praetorian army of the regime, Rezai would play a key role if unrest broke out upon Khomeini's death.
• The militant Saxon theological students were his praetorian guard.

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News & Articles

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• Florida man gets 11 years in NY investment fraud
  John Mattera was arrested in November 2011 on charges that he duped more than 100 people who invested millions of dollars with Praetorian Global Fund Limited.
  June 21, 2013 - Long Island Business News

Quotes

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• Tony Abbott in The Age
  TONY Abbott, surely the federal equivalent of Jeff Kennett at his foot-in-mouth prime, says he was "a member of John Howard's praetorian guard" but a bit of research identifies a small problem.
• Jeremy Scahill in CounterPunch
  Scahill calls Blackwater the "Bush Administration's Praetorian Guard (along with the CIA long-serving in that capacity and that uses Blackwater in its illegal covert operations abroad and at home)."
• Robert Worcester in People's Daily Online
  MORI pollster Robert Worcester said: "I think it is one of the many nails in Blair's coffin. His authority is dissipating day by day and his loyalists are fewer and fewer. The Praetorian Guard is being depleted."