Noun: gendarmery
- French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
"The gendarmery patrolled the rural areas";
- gendarmerie
Type of: Bill [Brit, informal], boys in blue [informal], constabulary, fuzz [informal], law, Old Bill [Brit, informal], police, police force, polis [UK, dialect, informal], the fuzz [informal]
Encyclopedia: Gendarmery