secret police
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When Tippy Amundson was in middle school, she read the diary of a teenager hiding from the secret police.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
After a short stint as an intel adviser to Mr. Maduro, Mr. González López was, in April 2019, again assigned to head the secret police.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, refuted descriptions of ICE as a secret police force.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
Back home, he had been tailed by the secret police for months and the family had only narrowly escaped capture their last day on the Island.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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