police state

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Likely a calque of German Polizeistaat adopted following the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819 and the ensuing Demagogenverfolgungen, culminating in the crackdown of liberal and anarchical movements popular in the 1840s during the German revolutions of 1848–1849. Equivalent to police + state.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: polisiestaat — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Arabic: دَوْلَة بُولِيسِيَّة (dawla būlīsiyya) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Arabic: دَوْلَة شُرْطِيَّة (dawla šurṭiyya) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Armenian: ոստիկանական պետություն (ostikanakan petutʻyun) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Armenian: ոստիկանապետություն (ostikanapetutʻyun) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Asturian: estáu policial — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Basque: polizia estatu — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Belarusian: паліцэ́йская дзяржа́ва (palicéjskaja dzjaržáva) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Bulgarian: полице́йска държа́ва (policéjska dǎržáva) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Catalan: estat policia — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Chinese Mandarin: 警察國家 /警察国家 (jǐngchá guójiā) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Czech: policejní stát — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Danish: politistat — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Dutch: politiestaat — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Esperanto: polica ŝtato — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Estonian: politseiriik — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Finnish: poliisivaltio — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• French: État policier — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Galician: estado policial — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Georgian: პოლიციური სახელმწიფო (ṗoliciuri saxelmc̣ipo) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• German: Polizeistaat — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Greek: αστυνομικό κράτος (astynomikó krátos) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Greek: αστυνομοκρατία (astynomokratía) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Hindi: पुलिस राज्य (pulis rājya) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Hungarian: rendőrállam — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Icelandic: lögregluríki — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Indonesian: negara polisi — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Italian: stato di polizia — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Japanese: 警察国家 (keisatsu kokka) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Korean: 경찰 국가 (gyeongchal gukga) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Latvian: policijas valsts — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Lithuanian: policinė valstybė — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Lombard: stat de polizia — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Macedonian: полициска држава (policiska država) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Malay: negara polis — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Norwegian Bokmål: politistat — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Norwegian Nynorsk: politistat — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Polish: państwo policyjne — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Portuguese: estado policial — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Romanian: stat polițienesc — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Russian: полице́йское госуда́рство (policéjskoje gosudárstvo) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Serbo-Croatian: полицијска држава — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Serbo-Croatian: policijska država — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Slovak: policajný štát — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Slovene: policȋjska držȃva — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Spanish: estado policial — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Swedish: polisstat — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Tagalog: estadong pulis — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Turkish: polis devleti — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Ukrainian: поліці́йна держа́ва (policíjna deržáva) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Ukrainian: поліце́йська держа́ва (policéjsʹka deržáva) — political entity whose government controls people by using police
• Vietnamese: nhà nước cảnh sát — political entity whose government controls people by using police