carabiniere
Americannoun
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a member of the Italian national police force, organized as a military unit and charged with maintaining public security and order as well as assisting local police.
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The son of a carabiniere, Marchionne was born and raised in the poor central Italian region of Abruzzo.
From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2018
But last summer a local journalist arranged a meeting between the new carabiniere investigator, Col Luca Pietranera, and an art thief he had got to know in one of Piacenza's many bars.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2016
The son of a carabiniere sergeant, Giambattista Giuffr�, now a bald, bouncy 56, began as a bank clerk and simple family man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Noting the stream of big cars �P�ugeots, Mercedes and Citr�ens�a cruising carabiniere radioed his suspicions to Police Chief Alberto Sabatino in nearby Reggio di Calabria, capital of dirt-poor Calabria province.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then one pointed at me and spoke to a carabiniere.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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