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gendarme

[zhahn-dahrm, zhahn-darm] / ˈʒɑn dɑrm, ʒɑ̃ˈdarm /








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Outside, TV crews stood at the ready and a comedian dressed as a gendarme sold “genuine fake Swiss passports.”

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

“Closed. You’ll have to walk around,” a French gendarme had just told them, gesturing towards the south.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2024

Wright also added that a gendarme caught on film with a firearm would be identified and prosecuted.

From Reuters Oct. 21, 2022

He has passed tests to become a gendarme and hopes not to be sentenced, to keep a clean record.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2021

On most nights, the people stayed at the site long after this gendarme had gone and told stories to one another beneath the big blank screen.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

Nearly 16,000 French police, gendarmes, troops, firefighters and border guards will be deployed, using boats, motorcycles and drones, alongside mounted police and dog-handling units, France's Haute-Savoie regional prefecture said.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

But justice officials and gendarmes acted so slowly that over the next nine months Barella was not even contacted.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

"In 20 years, and despite the resolute efforts of our police officers, gendarmes, judges, teachers and elected officials, the antisemitic hydra has kept advancing," he said.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

At first the gendarmes declined to intervene and stood watching from the shore.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2025

Two young gendarmes pile them into the back of a truck and drive up the narrow street and across the causeway and are gone.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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