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单词 secret police
释义

secret police

noun

: a police organization operating for the most part in secrecy and especially for the political purposes of its government often with terroristic methods

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But a few months later, that plan foundered when some of his generals and secret police agents launched a coup against him. Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2022 The secret police pointed to a Ukrainian military officer, Nataliya Vovk, as the murderer. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 The military secret police terrorized the population. Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 The military secret police terrorized the population. New York Times, 27 July 2022 On May 11, he was arrested by agents of the FSB — Russia’s secret police, the successor to the KGB. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022 Mar-a-Lago Club shows the federal government was akin to the actions of the Gestapo, the notorious secret police in Nazi Germany. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2022 Still, he was constantly interrogated by the Gestapo, Nazi Germany’s secret police, and eventually his works were banned — although that didn’t shake Müller’s faith in Hitler. Kate Brady, Washington Post, 26 June 2022 The term is a reference to the oprichnina, the secret police of Ivan IV, better known as Ivan the Terrible. Jennifer Wilson, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

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