secret police
Example Sentences
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And critics claimed the company’s “Service Department,” designed to see that workers remained “sober and industrious,” was nothing more than a secret police force.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Shirin worries about a suspended prison sentence which the secret police could invoke at any time.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
It is completely understandable to raise concerns about a tattoo associated with the Nazi secret police; nobody should be regarded as a pedant for doing so.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
From 2014 to 2018, Mr. González López headed the secret police.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
The secret police would not be happy that he had lost his elf.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
