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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The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Some, for example, may overcome their longstanding reluctance to send their own gendarmes to provide civil order in Gaza during reconstruction, as an alternative to taking Palestinians into their own country.
—Carine Harb, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Some, for example, may overcome their longstanding reluctance to send their own gendarmes to provide civil order in Gaza during reconstruction, as an alternative to taking Palestinians into their own country.
—Carine Harb, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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 policeman asked where the shell was.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Born Marilyn Seils in Chicago, Istel was the daughter of a Chicago policeman, Otto Seils.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI has hired Mike Liberatore, former finance chief at Elon Musk's xAI, to be the artificial intelligence startup's business finance officer, responsible for overseeing its massive infrastructure spending.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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According to police, 26 officers were injured during the demonstration in London and at least 25 arrests were made.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another twist is that the roadside tests that cops use to spot drunk drivers don’t work as well for drug impairment.—
Andrew Yockey,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a news conference on Tuesday evening, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed a 59-year-old detective, and a 35-year-old senior constable had been fatally shot, and another detective was seriously injured and being treated in hospital.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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When authorities arrived at the residence, the constable's office said in a statement that Bryan had unsuccessfully attempted to flee out of a window.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Gendarme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarme. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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