gendarmerie
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The government has mobilized 70,000 officers nationwide from the police and gendarmerie, a branch of the armed forces with policing duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
"There were ordinary gendarmerie checkpoints on the roads, but not an exceptional deployment," a source close to the removal operations told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The woman's partner, aged 55, is a former French gendarmerie officer who left the force in 2010.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Stating the country "no longer needs disturbances", his first appointments to his new cabinet were to the ministries of the armed forces, public security and the gendarmerie.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
The armed force consists of two companies of marine infantry, half a battery of artillery, and a detachment of gendarmerie, and comprises about 380 men.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word