How to Use gestapo in a Sentence

gestapo

noun
  • The people who found the postcards were so terrified that almost all the cards were turned over to the gestapo.
    Rabih Alameddine september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Other signs urged people to love their neighbors or likened ICE to the gestapo.
    Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2026
  • As Daley attempted to silence dissent and scrutiny over his gestapo tactics within the convention hall, party leaders refused to seat the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s delegates who were challenging the state’s all-white delegation.
    Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the religious gestapo thugs who ran the country were not only committed in the name of Allah to destroying Israel, the Little Satan, and the United States, the Big Satan, but western civilization as well.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the posts referenced were shared back in July, with more recent activity on the account being reposts of content from other users which included comparing ICE to the gestapo, and a comparison of Border Patrol El Centro chief Greg Bovino to Hitler.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025

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