political police
Example Sentences
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Mahamat Nour Dadji was 17 when he was hustled off to the political police headquarters.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
On the whole, people avoided going to 4 Liteyny Prospekt, the KGB political police HQ in Leningrad.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
On Jan. 9, 2020, Dr. Li signed a letter of reprimand for the Wuhan Public Security Bureau, the political police agency, describing his WeChat posts as “illegal.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
My brother, who lives in my hometown of El Jem, in southern Tunisia, was summoned by Ben Ali's political police.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2011
Yesterday the S.D.—the political police who worked under the Gestapo—had ordered her to close the family clothing store.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
