‘We need to bring in the international community, like international police, gendarmerie, carabinieri, to help us.’
‘Giuliano finds himself caught up in this system, and on September 2, 1943, he kills a carabinieri (a state policeman) who tried to arrest him.’
‘When she insists on answering her questions from her Italian interrogators in English, she is assigned a young member of the carabinieri, Filippo, as her translator.’
‘Italian officials say 11 of the dead were paramilitary police officers - known as carabinieri - and three were soldiers.’
‘The Italian carabinieri overseeing investigations of a cultural nature accepted the offer.’
‘Giuliano was gunned down in a shoot-out with carabinieri trying to arrest him for his involvement in the massacre of communists celebrating May Day at Portella della Ginestra in 1947.’
‘The two charioteers hid their diving suits and walked into Palermo, but were promptly arrested by the carabinieri.’
‘Once she's descended again, she stops at a payphone to call the secretary away from her desk on a pretense, then the carabinieri, to inform them of the explosion, now seconds away.’
‘After some talk among the lawyers and the carabinieri, Dick was set free.’
‘Over the last few days additional convoys were heavily guarded by carabinieri and military forces, but even they could not guarantee free passage for the trains.’
‘About 150 cases of dog poisoning a year are reported to the carabinieri in Tuscany and we have personal knowledge of two tragedies involving neighbours' pets.’
‘Granted his behaviour may not have been that of a peaceful protester, he was after all attacking the carabinieri, but to shoot him dead?’
‘She telephones the carabinieri to tell them the bomb is about to explode, and goes quietly when they come to arrest her.’
‘The carabinieri took the credit, but the mafia had had enough of Giuliano's attention-seeking.’
‘The bridge is frequented by bootleggers and hawkers who are always on the look out for the carabinieri.’
‘The riposte came on Wednesday from the head of the local carabinieri.’
‘The entrance to the press centre is guarded by armed carabinieri and airport-style scanners.’
‘The carabinieri were called and we found ourselves having to explain we were not members of the Red Brigade.’
‘It was as well he had not opened it: the carabinieri found it to contain only salt water.’
Origin
Italian, literally ‘carabineer’.
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