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gendarmerie

[zhahn-dahr-muh-ree, zhahn-dar-muh-ree] / ʒɑnˈdɑr mə ri, ʒɑ̃ dar məˈri /
NOUN
military police
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The woman's partner, aged 55, is a former French gendarmerie officer who left the force in 2010.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Stating the country "no longer needs disturbances", his first appointments to his new cabinet were to the ministries of the armed forces, public security and the gendarmerie.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Four mobile gendarmerie squadrons are being deployed as reinforcements, including 15 gendarmes from an elite intervention unit.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Bertrand Cavallier, the former commander of France’s national gendarmerie training school, said French law enforcement should not be judged by the actions of one officer.

From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 2023

In front of Genodet's stables, where the old barns of the gendarmerie begin, a lane turned to the left toward the hospital.

From The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire by Chatrian, Alexandre




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