"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' " Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't — till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!' "
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master — that's all."

— Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

The officer was attacked in the high-end shopping district of the Champs Elysees as he was responding to a call from security personnel at a store, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X (formerly Twitter).

A guard at a Louis Vuitton boutique had called police after spotting a man who appeared to be carrying a knife, said Paris police chief Laurent Nunez, as quoted by Reuters.

The assailant "pulled out a knife and threatened [the officers], tried to stab them multiple times, and succeeded in stabbing," Nunez told reporters who had gathered outside of the store after the incident, according to the Associated Press (AP) news agency.

The police officer was stabbed in the ear, neck and collarbone, Le Parisien newspaper reported.

The incident comes just days after a man stabbed a soldier patrolling the streets outside a train station in Paris. The assailant was taken to a psychiatric hospital, AP reported, citing French prosecutors. France is on the highest security alert as it prepares to host millions of visitors at the Paris Olympic Games, which start on July 26.

Police imposed strict security measures in the center of the capital on Thursday in preparation for the opening ceremony, which will be held along the Seine River instead of in a closed stadium.

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