gendarmerie

Example Sentences

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A French navy ship and two gendarmerie patrol boats were stationed nearby.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

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

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

A rural police officer was on the line, asking if he could come down to the gendarmerie for a chat.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2023

“It’s very ambitions and it’s true that many experts have voiced opposition,” said Bertrand Cavallier, the former commander of France’s national gendarmerie police training center, speaking in a phone interview.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2023

I became involved in a slight dispute with some of the gendarmerie about a certain question of—of etiquette.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William