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 boat was rescued from there by the Senegalese gendarme and brought to Saint-Louis.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
