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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Iran’s secret police force, SAVAK, known for its use of torture, had effectively cleared the country of the most vocal dissidents.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Though a Black Panther appears at one point, the focus this time is on the Wakandan secret police, the Hatut Zeraze, also known as the War Dogs(*).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
The skeleton of biochemist Enrique Berríos – a dandy, charmer, bar-room singer and re-developer of the Nazi serin gas and black cocaine cook for Augusto Pinochet’s DINA secret police – is found washed up on a beach in Uruguay.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
Americans want an orderly immigration system, not a massive, unaccountable secret police service.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Though a Black Panther appears at one point, the focus this time is on the Wakandan secret police, the Hatut Zeraze, also known as the War Dogs(*).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
The skeleton of biochemist Enrique Berríos – a dandy, charmer, bar-room singer and re-developer of the Nazi serin gas and black cocaine cook for Augusto Pinochet’s DINA secret police – is found washed up on a beach in Uruguay.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
Americans want an orderly immigration system, not a massive, unaccountable secret police service.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
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“Secret police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20police. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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