单词 | police state |
释义 | police stateSEE SYNONYMS FOR police state ON THESAURUS.COM nouna nation in which the police, especially a secret police, summarily suppresses any social, economic, or political act that conflicts with governmental policy. Origin of police stateFirst recorded in 1860–65 Words nearby police statepolice officer, policeperson, police power, police procedural, police reporter, police state, police station, police village, police wagon, policewoman, policier Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for police statepolice state nouna state or country in which a repressive government maintains control through the police Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for police statepolice state A nation whose rulers maintain order and obedience by the threat of police or military force; one with a brutal, arbitrary government. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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