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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

Mr Darmanin also said the officer had also "dirtied and spat on the uniform of the Republic and his 250,000 other police and gendarme colleagues".

From BBC Jan. 25, 2024

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

From Reuters Oct. 21, 2022

Spain expelled another deserter, Mohamed Abdellah, a dissident gendarme, to Algeria last August.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2022

After the news, a gendarme would come and turn off the television set, taking home the key.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

In Gironde, about 2,500 firefighters, 1,500 military personnel, and 1,200 police officers and gendarmes have been involved in tackling the blaze.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

"The gendarmes knocked on every door," said Boisvert, adding they left by car with their two children, aged five and two.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

To ensure public safety, authorities have deployed 4,800 police officers and gendarmes, along with 2,500 firefighters, in and around the capital.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

Under the terms of engagement, gendarmes will only intervene to stop "taxi-boats" before they take on migrants – and not when they are fully charged.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

There could be people in the streets: volunteers, gendarmes, fire brigades.

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




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