gendarmerie

Example Sentences

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Several officers from the Gendarmerie photographed our car and asked to see our ID cards and urged us to be discreet.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

“We’re employing various measures, notably the elite National Gendarmerie Intervention Group unit, which will be present in the torch relay from beginning to end,” she said.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

Some 40 people were detained during the protests, according to a statement by the Gendarmerie General Command on Sunday.

From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Another antagonist for Mr. Milone was the commander of the Gendarmerie, Domenico Giani, who also was the pope’s bodyguard and subsequently resigned over leaks related to an investigation into apparent financial wrongdoing in the Vatican.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

Reliable information indicated the strength of the enemy about Suvla Bay to be one regiment, one squadron and some Gendarmerie with at most twelve guns, and events have shown that this estimate was correct.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir