thought police
Example Sentences
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He thought police would acknowledge there had been "lapses in their normal procedures" by assessing the death as non-suspicious - but understood why it could have happened.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
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
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
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
