carabinieri
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- noun
- /ˌkærəˈbɪnˌjɛri/
- The Carabinieri are eager to get to other sites before any looters can escape.
- the Italian carabinieri
Examples
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The Carabinieri stop and surround the vehicle, guns drawn, to check for stolen artifacts.
Academic text (2004) -
The carabinieri were trying to clear the piazza.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Carabinieri came... Said there was nothing for them to do.
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The Roman carabinieri are here as well in an advisory capacity.
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My father was the chief of the Carabinieri for Turin.
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I am accompanying the Carabinieri, the Italian national police, as they patrol archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
Academic text (2004) -
You're with the Carabinieri.
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On the other side of the barricade, two mounted carabinieri trotted by; one of them was blowing a whistle.
Fiction book (1991) -
Since the autumn of 2003, the Carabinieri, a part of the coalition force, have been conducting random patrols on the ground and by helicopter, as well as aerial reconnaissance to photograph and document the damage from looters.
Academic text (2004) -
The Carabinieri conducted a thorough investigation into the theft at the museum.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carabinieri comes from the Italian carabina, meaning 'short rifle' or 'carbine'. These were soldiers who carried those small guns, and the name stayed when they became Italy's national military police, so carabinieri are the armed police you see in Italy today.