Garde Mobilen.
/ˈɡɑːdə mə(ʊ)ˌbiːl/ A French military force, now chiefly engaged in police activity; also (usually with lower-case initials), a member of this force.
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1848 Illustr. London News 1 July 428/3 The great barricade was stormed by National Guards, Cuirassiers, Republican Guards, and Gardes Mobiles.
1848 Observer 2 July 3/1 The combat was altogether fought by the army, the Garde Mobile, and by the shopkeepers and middle classes of Paris.
1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace I. xx. 334 The brave boy gardes mobiles came crowding round him, all black with powder.
1935 G. Greene Basement Room & Other Stories 87 Praying secretly to the Virgin to send an angel, to send the police, to send the Gardes Mobiles.
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