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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Tinubu’s two other ambassador-designates are Lateef Kayode — a former head of the country’s DSS secret police agency — and Amin Mohammed Dalhatu, a former ambassador to South Korea.
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Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The Shambhala cause was taken even further by Gleb Bokii, a leader of the first Soviet secret police, who thought this mythological land would give him access to mind-control techniques and magic weapons.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The Shambhala cause was taken even further by Gleb Bokii, a leader of the first Soviet secret police, who thought this mythological land would give him access to mind-control techniques and magic weapons.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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“Secret police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20police. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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