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
That includes Jan Laureys (Willem De Schryver), who never wanted to be a gendarme in the first place.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Some 80,000 police and gendarmes were set to be deployed throughout the day, including riot units, drones and armored vehicles.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!
—ArsTechnica, 7 May 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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Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Some 80,000 police and gendarmes were set to be deployed throughout the day, including riot units, drones and armored vehicles.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!
—ArsTechnica, 7 May 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 prosecutors described a pyramid of murder and impunity with Duterte at the apex, police and civilian officials in the middle, and low-level policemen, police assets, and hit men at the bottom.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Great photo of policemen’s instant reactions to that threat.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Detention is the middle step that must run smoothly in order for the growing number of ICE officers to continue making arrests.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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There have been outbreaks of tuberculosis and measles at the site, and ICE officers have used the dangerously subpar conditions to pressure detainees to sign papers authorizing their deportation.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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When the cops spoke to Bonnoyer about the child’s whereabouts, the 31-year-old man claimed that someone came into the apartment and took the boy.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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The cops uncovered an obituary for a woman named Mary Ramsey Crawford, who was 67 when she was killed in 2014 by a hit-and-run driver.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Off stage, Benedick and Beatrice spar their way toward the aisle, while our bumbling constables take center stage.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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According to the Brea Museum’s director and curator, Linda Shay, Brea first had a constable, George Bird.—
Terri Daxon,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Gendarme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarme. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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