gestapo
noun
ge·sta·po
gə-ˈstä-(ˌ)pō 
plural gestapos
: a secret-police organization employing underhanded and terrorist methods against persons suspected of disloyalty
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The people who found the postcards were so terrified that almost all the cards were turned over to the gestapo.
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Rabih Alameddine
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
As Daley attempted to silence dissent and scrutiny over his gestapo tactics within the convention hall, party leaders refused to seat the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s delegates who were challenging the state’s all-white delegation.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
If the prisoners are transferred to Adolf Hitler’s gestapo, World War II — and the fate of Western civilization — could be hanging in the balance.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
He was assigned to the isis secret police—the caliphate’s gestapo—and tasked with arresting his former pro-democracy allies.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Cuba’s primal scream for liberty on July 11 has gone viral and exposed the grisly methods used by Cuba’s gestapo to keep the lid on dissent.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 25 July 2021
They’ve been smeared as the ‘gestapo’ for doing their jobs.
—John Haughey, Washington Examiner, 14 Dec. 2020
His mother had fed some of the 500 Russian prisoners in the town and so was taken away by the gestapo.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2020
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Rabih Alameddine
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
As Daley attempted to silence dissent and scrutiny over his gestapo tactics within the convention hall, party leaders refused to seat the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s delegates who were challenging the state’s all-white delegation.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
If the prisoners are transferred to Adolf Hitler’s gestapo, World War II — and the fate of Western civilization — could be hanging in the balance.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
He was assigned to the isis secret police—the caliphate’s gestapo—and tasked with arresting his former pro-democracy allies.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Cuba’s primal scream for liberty on July 11 has gone viral and exposed the grisly methods used by Cuba’s gestapo to keep the lid on dissent.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 25 July 2021
They’ve been smeared as the ‘gestapo’ for doing their jobs.
—John Haughey, Washington Examiner, 14 Dec. 2020
His mother had fed some of the 500 Russian prisoners in the town and so was taken away by the gestapo.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2020
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“Gestapo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestapo. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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