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thought police

NOUN
those who suppress different points of view
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Det Con Linge also said she thought police training on all levels of searches was not adequate.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

There’s already a strong sense among conspiracy theorists that there’s a well-organized thought police, so organized efforts to fight these ideas have little chance to succeed.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2023

As an adolescent in the 1930s, Chiyoko fell in love with a wounded artist who was fleeing the dreaded thought police.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

They thought police were letting them enter the building.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

Odd—when Pax had ruled, there were thought police and the cardinal sin was to be a liberal, to experiment, to seek knowledge.

From Star Born by Andre Norton


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