carabinero
noun
ca·ra·bi·ne·ro
ˌker-ə-bə-ˈner-(ˌ)ō 
ˌka-rə-,
ˌkär-ə-
plural carabineros
1
: a member of a Spanish national police force serving especially as frontier guards
2
: a customs or coast guard officer in the Philippines
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Chile’s carabineros used tear gas to expel people from the subway stations.
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Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
Enter the scarlet prawn, which is known as crevette impériale in France and carabineros in Spain and lives in the deepest parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
—Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 30 Jan. 2019
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Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
Enter the scarlet prawn, which is known as crevette impériale in France and carabineros in Spain and lives in the deepest parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
—Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 30 Jan. 2019
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“Carabinero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carabinero. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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