secret police

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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

An agent for the NKVD, the Soviet Union’s secret police, arranged an introduction between Mercader and Sylvia Ageloff, a left-wing social worker from Brooklyn, N.Y., whose sister had once been Trotsky’s secretary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, refuted descriptions of ICE as a secret police force.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

A Manhattan resident has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024

Werfel thought about what waited for him once Spurge left: the fury of the du Burghs and the hidden malice of the secret police.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin