police statenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/pəˈliːs ˌsteɪt/us/pəˈliːs ˌsteɪt/disapprovinga country in which the government uses the police to severely limit people's freedom
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Systems of government
- a reign of terror idiom
- absolutism
- ancien régime
- anti-federalist
- apartheid
- Dem
- democracy
- democrat
- democratic
- democratize
- imperialism
- interregnum
- Jim Crow
- junta
- kleptocracy
- patriarchy
- plutocracy
- plutocrat
- regime
- reign
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
The police generally