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Gestapo

[guh-stah-poh, guh-shtah-poh] / gəˈstɑ poʊ, gəˈʃtɑ poʊ /
NOUN
SWAT team
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Does anyone think it would have been a good idea to keep an allegedly “reformed” Gestapo in place as a postwar law enforcement agency?

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

The Soviets handed her over to the Gestapo at the beginning of World War II, and she describes coming to the Nazi camp system and being issued clothes and utensils to eat with.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

“To say the men and women of ICE are Gestapo is wrong,” Lyons said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Catherine Dior was apprehended by the Gestapo in July 1944.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

The Gestapo was certain to hear about it, perhaps already had: their eyes and ears were everywhere.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom