Kempeitain.

/ˈkɛmpeɪtʌɪ/

Forms: Also Kempetai.

Etymology: Japanese.

The Japanese military secret service in the period 1931–1945.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > other spec.

Okhrana1884

Cheka1921

GPU1922

Gay-Pay-Oo1923

Ogpu1923

Rabkrin1928

Gestapo1934

Seguridad1937

Abwehr1945

Kempeitai1947

Sicherheitsdienst1947

Okhranka1948

Securitate1951

SMERSH1953

K.G.B.1960

SAVAK1962

Shin Bet1964

Stasi1964

BOSS1969

Mukhabarat1969

Mossad1972

Shabak1972

1947 J. Bertram Shadow of War 197 A single communication..to the kempeitai revealing my identity would be more than enough.

1953 J. Trench Docken Dead xiv. 217 Docken had betrayed Richard to the Kempetei.

1961 R. Seth Anat. Spying viii. 148 The Kempeitai, like the Nazi Gestapo, was the most powerful and most hated of all Japanese institutions. It derived its power for the most part from the semi-independent position which it held within the army.

1961 R. Seth Anat. Spying viii. 149 Wherever the Kempeitai was, its most important function was counter-espionage.

1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular v. 127 If the Gestapo or the Kempetai had kept track of his movements, they would have had a good idea of what was likely to happen.

1965 This is Japan 1966 107 A tough kempeitai gendarme, with the customary red armband, two holstered revolvers, gold-and-black teeth, and foul daikon breath.

1969 J. M. Gullick Malaysia ii. 97 The teachers..played a leading part in maintaining the underground resistance in the towns despite torture and other reprisals by the Japanese Security Police (the Kempeitai).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	kempeitai
释义	Kempeitain. /ˈkɛmpeɪtʌɪ/ Forms: Also Kempetai. Etymology: Japanese. The Japanese military secret service in the period 1931–1945. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > other spec. Okhrana1884 Cheka1921 GPU1922 Gay-Pay-Oo1923 Ogpu1923 Rabkrin1928 Gestapo1934 Seguridad1937 Abwehr1945 Kempeitai1947 Sicherheitsdienst1947 Okhranka1948 Securitate1951 SMERSH1953 K.G.B.1960 SAVAK1962 Shin Bet1964 Stasi1964 BOSS1969 Mukhabarat1969 Mossad1972 Shabak1972 1947 J. Bertram Shadow of War 197 A single communication..to the kempeitai revealing my identity would be more than enough. 1953 J. Trench Docken Dead xiv. 217 Docken had betrayed Richard to the Kempetei. 1961 R. Seth Anat. Spying viii. 148 The Kempeitai, like the Nazi Gestapo, was the most powerful and most hated of all Japanese institutions. It derived its power for the most part from the semi-independent position which it held within the army. 1961 R. Seth Anat. Spying viii. 149 Wherever the Kempeitai was, its most important function was counter-espionage. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular v. 127 If the Gestapo or the Kempetai had kept track of his movements, they would have had a good idea of what was likely to happen. 1965 This is Japan 1966 107 A tough kempeitai gendarme, with the customary red armband, two holstered revolvers, gold-and-black teeth, and foul daikon breath. 1969 J. M. Gullick Malaysia ii. 97 The teachers..played a leading part in maintaining the underground resistance in the towns despite torture and other reprisals by the Japanese Security Police (the Kempeitai). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1947
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