Definition of GENDARMERIE

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Recent Examples on the Web Thomas took a 3-year leave of absence from the gendarmerie in order to work on his project. — Christina Mackenzie, Popular Science, "These camera-equipped dog goggles keep special-forces canines connected to their handlers," 22 Jan. 2020 The local gendarmerie on the scene tweeted a photo of the bus on its side, its front window smashed. — USA TODAY, "Bus carrying 32 passengers flips on its side: 29 injured, 4 of them seriously, in France," 4 Nov. 2019 There are currently around 30 cases concerning suspected radicalisation within the police force and gendarmerie. — The Economist, "France is shaken by the murder of four police officers," 12 Oct. 2019 Inside the gendarmerie station, Javed was met by the commander—an aristocratic-looking man with a powerful jaw—in full military uniform, enthroned behind a big wooden desk. — Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, "Without a Trace," 10 Feb. 2019 But few units of the army or gendarmerie security forces are yet able to stand on their own feet. — Sebastian Shukla, Tim Lister And Clarissa Ward, CNN, "The forgotten crisis that has displaced 1.2 million people," 27 June 2019 The gendarmerie—the Turkish army’s law-enforcement arm—should have records of any bodies found, as well as photos of the corpses. — Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, "Without a Trace," 10 Feb. 2019 Since his arrest in April, he had been held in a cell in the barracks of the Vatican’s gendarmerie. — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, "Vatican Ex-Diplomat Convicted of Child Pornography Charges," 23 June 2018 Italian authorities have since confirmed to National Geographic that the find is the result of a significant criminal investigation known as Operazione Artemide (Operation Artemis), led by Italy's national gendarmerie, the Carabinieri. — National Geographic, "Horses Found in Pompeii May Have Been Harnessed to Flee Eruption," 24 May 2018

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