Arab Legion

noun

1. a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.

Example Sentences

Arriving at the Sea itself, you find two or three simple buildings, where a British officer of the Arab Legion presides over the “Dead Sea Fleet.”

From The New Yorker

The Arabs, under Brigadier Glubb, formerly of the British Army but now ranking as an officer of the Arab Legion, immediately began to shell the ancient Jewish quarter, which was isolated in the Old City.

From The New Yorker

They descended on the Dead Sea on January 21, 1952, with the Bethlehem Chief of Police and two soldiers from the Arab Legion, and were guided by the Bedouins to a group of caves, about fifteen miles south of the original cave, very high in the steep cliffs.

From The New Yorker

At a time when—early the following year—the Arab Legion was shelling the offices of the Jewish Agency, in the middle of New Jerusalem, between three and five every afternoon, he did not hesitate to call a press conference at this dangerous place and hour, promising important news.

From The New Yorker

Not to mention Jordan's Arab Legion expelling every Jew, destroying every synagogue, and desecrating every Jewish cemetery in any territory that came under its control in 1948.

From New York Times