secret police
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Noun
secret police (uncountable) (often treated as a plural)
- A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance. [1823[1]]
- 1979, Jello Biafra & John Greenway, "California Über Alles", Dead Kennedys, California Über Alles.
- Now it is nineteen eighty-four / Knock-knock at your front door / It's the suede denim secret police / They have come for your uncool niece
- 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
- Leading Jordanian exponents of the Salafi-jihadi world view, such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, are now behind bars or silent, fearing arrest by the powerful mukhabarat secret police.
- 1979, Jello Biafra & John Greenway, "California Über Alles", Dead Kennedys, California Über Alles.
Translations
police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “secret”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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