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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

Mali's gendarme police force said Ms Pétronin was reportedly in the Sikasso area, close to Mali's south-eastern border with Burkina Faso.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2021

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

Soldiers from France’s counterterrorism operation will also be deployed to guard government buildings and other sensitive sites, freeing police and gendarmes to respond to unrest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Lecornu thanked police officers and gendarmes for enforcing the measures, adding that further curfews on Tuesday night would be decided depending on where they are necessary.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

More than 500 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were injured in the unrest on Saturday, France's interior ministry said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Almost 2,000 people were arrested on Thursday alone and 305 police officers and gendarmes were injured, according to the Interior Ministry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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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