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les gendarmes

police officers

→ gendarme
noun · masculine plural Rare #44,415
police officers In France, a gendarme is a member of the gendarmerie (a military police force).
FR: Les gendarmes arrivent rapidement sur les lieux.
EN: The police officers arrive quickly at the scene.

Sergent, on joue aux gendarmes et aux voleurs ?

Sergeant, are we playing cops and robbers?

— Carandiru (2003)

Les garçons jouaient aux gendarmes et aux voleurs.

The boys played cops and robbers.

Mes gendarmes réguliers ne suffiront pas.

My regular police officers won't be enough.

— Princess Bride (1987)

Mettez-vous en alerte et envoyez-nous deux unités de gendarmes.

Go on alert and send us two gendarme units.

— Memories of Murder (2003)