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SECRET POLICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secret police mean?
• SECRET POLICE (noun)
The noun SECRET POLICE has 1 sense:
1. a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)
Familiarity information: SECRET POLICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("secret police" is a kind of...):
constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secret police"):
Gestapo (the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods)
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