thought police

Example Sentences

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Asked to clarify his thoughts further on whether he thought police forces should be obliged to publish such details, he said: "Yes, I absolutely think that they should."

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

She didn’t report it because she didn’t know the man and thought police would refuse to investigate.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

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

She could — like Tiffany Trump, who chose a cocktail-ready Tiffany-blue pantsuit with flared trousers slit up to the knee — have gone after the media, and the campus thought police.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2020

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 Norton, Andre