as in policemen
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 gendarmes
Some 80,000 police and gendarmes were set to be deployed throughout the day, including riot units, drones and armored vehicles.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarmes
Noun
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Today’s policed are tomorrow’s policemen.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Two policemen were injured and the driver was killed, police confirmed, after the vehicle landed in a ditch.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Essential workers can include military personnel on active duty, law enforcement officers, and other public safety officers.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere, another married couple, law enforcement officers Kobi (Israel Atias) and Nofar (Chen Amsalem), get separated while working separate shifts at the Nova Music Festival, the site of some of the day’s worst mass casualties.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Together, O’Neill and Alicia navigate a rabbit hole of deranged folk singers, psychotic cops, boxing promoters, line dancing enthusiasts, and worst of all, podcasters, the truth blurs, bodies stack, and the nature of their search comes into question.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, though, the cops find video of Maya — the victim from the top of the hour — looking very out of it as a man leads her away from the club’s main room.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The range of salaries will be $143,400 for constables and $295,564 for District Attorney Phil Sorrells, a North Richland Hills Republican.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Gendarmes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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