secret police
noun
: a police organization operating for the most part in secrecy and especially for the political purposes of its government often with terroristic methods
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The film follows a Cuban socialite, an English schoolteacher, and an Irish Catholic priest in Miami who spearhead a daring operation to help more than 14,000 children escape communist indoctrination and begin new lives in America — evading Castro’s secret police at every turn.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The Junta established a secret police force, the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, the DINA, to rein in opponents and run Londres 38 and other such places of torture and killing.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Kim said the arrest and the attempt to deport Guevara are at the heart of a broader story of ICE's acting as a secret police force whose agents mask up, refuse to wear visible ID and drive unmarked cars.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
The attack was orchestrated by agents of the Chilean secret police, DINA, as part of Operation Condor, and it’s confirmed that Pinochet himself ordered the killing.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The Junta established a secret police force, the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, the DINA, to rein in opponents and run Londres 38 and other such places of torture and killing.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Kim said the arrest and the attempt to deport Guevara are at the heart of a broader story of ICE's acting as a secret police force whose agents mask up, refuse to wear visible ID and drive unmarked cars.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
The attack was orchestrated by agents of the Chilean secret police, DINA, as part of Operation Condor, and it’s confirmed that Pinochet himself ordered the killing.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Secret police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20police. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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