secret police (force)

secret police (force)
(спеціальна) таємна поліція, спеціальна таємна служба

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  • secret police — secret po lice n the secret police a police force controlled by a government, that secretly tries to defeat the political enemies of that government …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • secret police — ► NOUN (treated as pl. ) ▪ a police force working in secret against a government s political opponents …   English terms dictionary

  • secret police — n. a police force that operates secretly, esp. for suppressing opposition to the government …   English World dictionary

  • secret police, the — secret po lice, the noun a police force that works secretly to limit the freedom of people who oppose the government …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • secret police — noun a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) • Hypernyms: ↑police, ↑police force, ↑constabulary, ↑law • Hyponyms: ↑Gestapo * * * noun the secret police : a p …   Useful english dictionary

  • secret police — Synonyms and related words: Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, bugging, cloak and dagger work, constabulary, counterespionage, counterintelligence, county police, electronic surveillance, espial …   Moby Thesaurus

  • police force — noun the force of policemen and officers (Freq. 1) the law came looking for him • Syn: ↑police, ↑constabulary, ↑law • Derivationally related forms: ↑police (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • secret police — a police force that functions as the enforcement arm of a government s political policies and whose activities, which often include surveillance, intimidation, and physical violence as a means of suppressing dissent, are usually concealed from… …   Universalium

  • secret police — N UNCOUNT: also the N The secret police is a police force in some countries that works secretly and deals with political crimes committed against the government …   English dictionary

  • secret police — noun the secret police a police force controlled by a government, that secretly tries to defeat the political enemies of that government …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • secret police — noun [treated as plural] a police force working in secret against a government s political opponents …   English new terms dictionary

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