secret police

English - Turkish

Definition of secret police in English Turkish dictionary: gizli polis; gizli polis teşkilatı
the Secret Police: (Hukuk) Gizli Polis Teşkilatı

English - English

Definition of secret police in English English dictionary: A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law, usually in support of a totalitarian government to suppress political dissent; a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition); detective unit, undercover unit; The secret police is a police force in some countries that works secretly and deals with political crimes committed against the government. A police force operating largely in secret and often using terror tactics to suppress dissent and political opposition. the secret police a police force controlled by a government, that secretly tries to defeat the political enemies of that government. Police established by national governments to maintain political and social control. Generally clandestine, secret police have operated independently of the civil police. Particularly notorious examples were the Nazi Gestapo, the Russian KGB, and the East German Stasi. Secret-police tactics include arrest, imprisonment, torture, and execution of political enemies and intimidation of potential opposition members

secret police