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A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, singular
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: police, police force, constabulary, law
Narrower terms: Gestapo
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
geheime polisie
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Antigua and Barbuda Creole English:
lenkuu
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Arabic:
بُولِيس سِرِّيّ
(būlīs sirriyy)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Basque:
isilpeko polizia
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Basque:
polizia sekretua
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Bulgarian:
та́йна поли́ция
(tájna polícija)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Catalan:
policia secreta
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Chinese Cantonese:
秘密警察
(bei3 mat6 ging2 caat3)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Chinese Mandarin:
秘密警察
(mìmì jǐngchá)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Danish:
hemmeligt politi
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Dutch:
geheime politie
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Finnish:
salainen poliisi
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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French:
police secrète
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Galician:
policía secreta
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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German:
Geheimpolizei
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Greek:
μυστική αστυνομία
(mystikí astynomía)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Hebrew:
משטרה סודי
(mishtara sodi)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Hungarian:
titkosrendőrség
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Italian:
polizia segreta
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Japanese:
秘密警察
(himitsu keisatsu)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Latin:
politia secreta
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Latvian:
slepenpolicija
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Norwegian:
hemmelig politi
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Polish:
tajna policja
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Portuguese:
polícia secreta
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Romanian:
poliție secretă
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Russian:
та́йная поли́ция
(tájnaja polícija)
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Spanish:
policía secreta
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law
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Swedish:
hemlig polis
— police operating outside normal boundaries of law