• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    France calls their police “Men-at-arms” still, or “Men of the armoury”. Tells you enough about them.

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      19 days ago

      You’re thinking of gendarmes, these are crs. The former are military, the latter are police. Though I’ll grant they’re difficult to distinguish.