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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

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

From Reuters Oct. 21, 2022

The regional gendarme commander, Gen Franz Tavart, has said for years that the length of this coastline, and the lure of the UK, means that policing alone will never be enough to stop the crossings.

From BBC May 20, 2022

Francois V had indeed worked as a gendarme and a police officer, and as a town councilor in the town of Prades-le-Lez in southern France.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2021

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

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

Nearly 6,000 police and gendarmes have been deployed for security during the celebrations on Sunday.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

Eventually two French gendarmes spotted them through the undergrowth and walked, slowly, forwards.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2025

"Let's go in," said one of the gendarmes, pulling off his body armour, and taking out a small knife.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2025

By 1 A.M., the gendarmes have lost control, and no trains have arrived or departed in over four hours.

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




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