The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GENDARME
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More clues leading to the result GENDARME
- French policeman or criminal armed with information
- Policeman demanding dope from Parisian carrying weapon
- Being in the Police is the pinnacle of rock
- Inside information worried armed policeman in Paris?
- Nice policeman?
- Melt and merge copper from abroad
- Member of police force getting info on lady touring centre of Paris
- . Unrestricted items for discussion are entertaining, at last: from Constable to Monet
- Representative of order and greed man unleashed
- Officer‘s endgame designed to trap king
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What does GENDARME mean?
GENDARME noun- A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
- Policeman.
- A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.