To find the criminal or clue he was after , holmes often employed the infamous baker street irregulars -- an amorphous gang of street urchins who could blanket the streets with eyes and ears , all for the hope of earning a shilling from the great detective .
Syria 's rebel irregulars could not beat them in a head-on fight .
叙利亚反抗力量这种非正规军无法在正面战斗中与其抗衡。
Instead , it relies increasingly on armed irregulars , many of them alawites .
相反,它越来越依赖于武装非正规军(大部分是阿拉维派)。
They claimed that irregulars had destuoyed the houses in the village .
他们声称非正规作战人员摧毁了村庄里的房屋。
Clearly , the insurgents , terrorists , and other irregulars -- including " black hat " hackers -- who cause most of the world 's mischief today are highly attuned to swarm tactics .