gendarmes
Officers in France
Gendarmes are members of a military force that performs police duties, particularly in France and other French-speaking countries.
The term often appears in English writing about France or in translations: The gendarmes arrived to investigate the accident.
In mountaineering, a gendarme is a rock pinnacle on a ridge that must be climbed over or around.
Western European republic
- ParisFrance's chief city
- BastilleParis fortress-prison
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
- kepiFlat-topped visored military cap
tricolor · prefecture · commissariat · arrondissement · beret · revolution · checkpoint · rural
Soldiers' residential building
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
- platoonSmall infantry formation
- battalionMid-sized military unit
corps · infantry · garrison · drill · uniform · rank · sergeant · lieutenant
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- checkpointInspection station on route
- roadblockObstruction across a road
route · circuit · watch · presence · inspection · sentry · lookout · perimeter
Seize by law
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
control · badge · detainment · custody · suspect · crime · law · order
France
Western European republic
kepi · tricolor · prefecture · commissariat · arrondissement · beret · revolution · checkpoint · rural · countryside
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
battalion · corps · infantry · garrison · drill · uniform · rank · sergeant · lieutenant · colonel
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- checkpointInspection station on route
roadblock · route · circuit · watch · presence · inspection · sentry · lookout · perimeter · monitoring
arrest
Seize by law
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
authority · control · badge · detainment · custody · suspect · crime · law · order · peace
- Copscop, cops, coppers, police, sheriff
- French militaryFrench Foreign Legion, French Army, legionnaires, chasseurs, legionnaire
- Historical Policingconstables, sheriffs, watchmen, night watch, bobbies
- Police Historyconstables, Metropolitan Police, night watch, Scotland Yard, sheriffs
- crime fictiondetective fiction, murder mystery, detective novels, detective novel, detective
- armed forcesarmy, military, soldiers, troops, marines
gendarmescriminals
Lawbreakers by act
outlaws · bandits · fugitives · lawbreakers · thieves
gendarmesmunicipal police
Local government law enforcement
detectives · city police · beat cops · bobbies · constables
gendarmescivilians
Non-military population
citizens · populace · the public · common people · peasants