gendarmerie
/ʒɑ̃.daʁ.m(ə).ʁi/
1.
nounfeminineSing
national police force with military status (in France and some other countries)
a gendarmerie station (building where gendarmes work and where the public goes to report crimes)
On a dû aller à la gendarmerie pour porter plainte après le vol.
We had to go to the gendarmerie to file a report after the theft.
Synonyms:gendarmes, Gendarmerie nationale
