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Meanings of municipal guard in English

Portuguese
polícia municipal

Type of policeman affected to the municipality.

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        Examples for "municipal policeman"
        Examples for "municipal policeman"
        1
        With unwonted sprightliness he vaulted over the writhing cluster and summoned a municipal policeman.
        South Wind
        2
        One was a municipal policeman from Caracas and the other was a former member of the same local force in the capital.
        Reuters
        3
        Then we set out radiantly for the hills, with Señor Pedro leading and a municipal policeman with us to take home the pig.
        The Great White Tribe in Filipinia
        Usage of municipal guard in English
        1
        The municipal guard had to be called out, and they arrested six rioters.
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        2
        They were picked troopers, stalwart veterans from the old municipal guard.
        The Elusive Pimpernel
        3
        A municipal guard, standing at one end, watches over the corridor.
        The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
        4
        The municipal guard burst into a laugh and raised his bayonet at the child.
        Les Misérables
        5
        I returned with a municipal guard, who turned them out.
        The Phantom of the Opera
        6
        To deceive the municipal guard he sold shoe-laces and bargains that came from the old-clothes shop he conducted.
        The Quest
        7
        A municipal guard received the visitors.
        The Red Lily — Volume 02
        8
        On the orders of Baron Frago Lanten, the head of Avendoom's municipal guard, all patrols have been tripled in strength.
        Shadow prowler
        9
        Giry, why I shouldn't ask you what happened last night to make you and the inspector call in a municipal guard.
        The Phantom of the Opera
        10
        Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants opened fire on a military checkpoint in eastern Algeria, killing four soldiers and a municipal guard, newspapers reported today.
        The Irish Times
        11
        A detachment of the municipal guard was standing at the entrance to the inn, clutching their halberds and crossbows in their hands.
        Shadow prowler
        12
        In spite of this pompous eulogium, however, poor Erasmus, planted there like a municipal guard in the market-place, makes but a pitiful figure.
        Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 / France and the Net...
        13
        The fellows of the municipal guard fell to and tore the parchment away from the door whilst the crowd looked on with stupid amazement.
        The Elusive Pimpernel
        14
        Standing at the head of the orange and black horde was none other than the commander of the municipal guard himself, Baron Frago Lanten.
        Shadow prowler
        15
        A squadron of the Municipal Guard is bivouacking in the Place Dauphine.
        The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
        16
        Municipal guards were on hand to prevent residents from holding back the Olympic developers.
        The Guardian
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