gendarmerie

Example Sentences

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It would be overseen by a committee of officers from the army, gendarmerie and police.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

Four mobile gendarmerie squadrons are being deployed as reinforcements, including 15 gendarmes from an elite intervention unit.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Alex Batty appeared to be keen to be taken to an embassy in a big French city, but the student decided to contact the gendarmerie, the French military police.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

Police unions, a powerful political force in France, argued, though, that they should have broader authority to fight crime and rules that matched those of the gendarmerie, a French police force with military status.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

I became involved in a slight dispute with some of the gendarmerie about a certain question of—of etiquette.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William