the secret police

noun

: a police organization that is run by a government and that operates in a secret way to control the actions of people who oppose the government

Examples of the secret police in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Khalil does not want to be shot at, or sought by the secret police, or detained in some for-profit gulag. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Armed with her Polaroid camera, Joan witnesses a brutal murder by the secret police. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

Kornyev’s client is the barely hanging on Stepinak (Aleksandr Filippenko), a Bolshevik targeted by the secret police told to muzzle and expunge dissenters. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026

His regime was notorious for human rights abuses conducted by the secret police (SAVAK), which was trained by the CIA and Israel’s Mossad. — Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026

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