the secret police

noun

: a police organization that is run by a government and that operates in a secret way to control the actions of people who oppose the government

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Delcy is the one who is really in charge of the secret police and the repressive apparatus. — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026 The Gestapo was the secret police force of Nazi Germany that helped round up Jews and send them to their deaths at concentration camps. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026 Kornyev does his utmost to meet the prisoner, a victim of agents of the secret police, the NKVD. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026 The woman in the frog costume compared Border Patrol’s presence to that of the Gestapo, the secret police force in Nazi Germany. — Charlotte Observer, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the secret police

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