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
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Ashe imagined a hypothetical scenario in which the school’s security force became like Haiti’s notorious secret police, the Tonton Macoute, whose officers not only threatened newspaper reporters, but also assaulted, extorted and tortured innocent citizens.
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David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Beneath a formal alliance, there was a good deal of cynicism on the U.S. part about the shah’s repressive regime and use of secret police to suppress opposition.
—Gregory F. Treverton, The Conversation, 25 June 2025
The Gestapo, or secret police, were often members of the Einsatzgruppen, essentially mobile killing squads who carried out the murders of Jews, Romani and communists in Eastern Europe.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
Based on the true story of Annie Silva Pais, daughter of Portugal’s secret police chief, who abandoned her life in 1965 to join the Cuban Revolution.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 8 June 2025
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David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Beneath a formal alliance, there was a good deal of cynicism on the U.S. part about the shah’s repressive regime and use of secret police to suppress opposition.
—Gregory F. Treverton, The Conversation, 25 June 2025
The Gestapo, or secret police, were often members of the Einsatzgruppen, essentially mobile killing squads who carried out the murders of Jews, Romani and communists in Eastern Europe.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
Based on the true story of Annie Silva Pais, daughter of Portugal’s secret police chief, who abandoned her life in 1965 to join the Cuban Revolution.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 8 June 2025
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“Secret police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20police. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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