gendarme

Example Sentences

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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

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

Dinghies used by migrants to try to cross the channel are seen at the French gendarme brigade in Marquise, France, August 20, 2020.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 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