- secret police, the
- ,secret po`lice, the nouna police force that works secretly to limit the freedom of people who oppose the government
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secret police, the
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Secret police — (sometimes political police) are a police agency which operates in secrecy to maintain national security against internal threats to the state.Secret police forces are typically associated with totalitarian regimes, as they are often used to… … Wikipedia
the secret police — a police organization that is run by a government and that operates in a secret way to control the actions of people who oppose the government • • • Main Entry: ↑secret police … Useful english dictionary
(the) secret police — the secret police UK US noun a police force that works secretly to limit the freedom of people who oppose the government Thesaurus: groups of police and departments of the police forcehyponym … Useful english dictionary
secret police — secret po lice n the secret police a police force controlled by a government, that secretly tries to defeat the political enemies of that government … Dictionary of contemporary English
secret police — n. a police force that operates secretly, esp. for suppressing opposition to the government … English World dictionary
secret police — noun a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) • Hypernyms: ↑police, ↑police force, ↑constabulary, ↑law • Hyponyms: ↑Gestapo * * * noun the secret police : a p … Useful english dictionary
secret police — a police force that functions as the enforcement arm of a government s political policies and whose activities, which often include surveillance, intimidation, and physical violence as a means of suppressing dissent, are usually concealed from… … Universalium
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secret police — N UNCOUNT: also the N The secret police is a police force in some countries that works secretly and deals with political crimes committed against the government … English dictionary
