gendarmes

Meaning

of Gendarme

Synonyms

Examples

If I were the government I would have a special brigade of gendarmes to keep an eye on artists who paint landscapes from nature. Oh, I don't mean to kill anyone; just a little dose of bird-shot now and then as a warning. Edgar Degas

The former highwayman men are the best gendarmes. Hungarian Proverb

According to other figures from the minister, 12.6 million checks have been carried out by the police and gendarmes since the start of confinement in mid-March resulting in 762,106 fines. Source: Internet

A detachment of gendarmes and volunteers were sent against them, and after a short fight the whole band was taken prisoner and escorted to Cosenza, where a number of Calabrians who had taken part in a previous rising were also under arrest. Source: Internet

An additional 3,500 gendarmes are also to be drafted in to protect schools when they open after the half-term holiday on Monday, and 120 extra police have been sent to Nice. Source: Internet

Behind the building, he found the two cars with the bodies of Madero and Suárez nearby, surrounded by soldiers and gendarmes. Source: Internet