they distrusted
Past they conjugation of distrust.

distrust

At the same time, they distrusted the masses and conceived their constitution in such a way that the people could not have the power, but a small group of oligarchs who were supposed to reproduce the model of the British aristocracy.
Simultanément, ils se méfiaient de la « populace » et conçurent leur Constitution de sorte que le pouvoir ne soit pas exercé par le peuple, mais par une oligarchie censée reproduire le modèle de l’artistocratie britannique.
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