as in policeman
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
the senator reiterated his conviction that it is not the role of the United States to be a kind of global gendarme
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Recent Examples of gendarme
French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!
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ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
The defense also raised concerns about witness tampering, after private communications appeared to show Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors working to pressure a key witness.
—Dan Cody, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Good thing the gendarmes were so generous.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Six people have been killed, including two gendarmes, and hundreds of others injured in New Caledonia amid armed clashes, looting, and arson, raising new questions about Mr. Macron’s handling of France’s colonial legacy.
—Catherine Gaschka, John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024
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ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
The defense also raised concerns about witness tampering, after private communications appeared to show Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors working to pressure a key witness.
—Dan Cody, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Good thing the gendarmes were so generous.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Six people have been killed, including two gendarmes, and hundreds of others injured in New Caledonia amid armed clashes, looting, and arson, raising new questions about Mr. Macron’s handling of France’s colonial legacy.
—Catherine Gaschka, John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarme
Noun
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The policemen refused and ordered him back.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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Anything that would seem indecent to a policeman—a drawing of a big cock—[would get them in trouble].—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Frontex's standing corps is set to reach 10,000 officers by the end of the year -- double the number employed in 2021 -- reflecting the policy shift and expectations of sustained pressure along key routes.—
LEFTERIS PITARAKIS,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Interim executive director David White, former NFLPA president and eventual chief strategy officer JC Tretter and American Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti are on the list, two sources briefed on the matter confirmed to The Athletic.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But instead of throwing snowballs with the cops, the unruly mob began throwing them at the cops.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Then, of course, there’s the perennial abundance of cop, lawyer, and doctor shows.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Agencies assisting included Tarrant County constables, police departments from Fort Worth and Forest Hill, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said Monday that constables have had good conversations with county leaders ahead of the bill becoming law and that his office was working with neighborhoods to ensure that the fiscal impact to Harris County wouldn’t be significant.—
John Lomax V,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Gendarme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarme. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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