the secret police
Definition of the secret police
: 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
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: kept from knowledge or view : hidden
: marked by the habit of discretion : closemouthed
: working with hidden aims or methods : undercover
: something kept hidden or unexplained : mystery
: something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only confidentially with a few
: a method, formula, or process used in an art or operation and divulged only to those of one's own company or craft : trade secret
: govern
: to control, regulate, or keep in order by use of police
: to make clean and put in order
: the internal organization or regulation of a political unit through exercise of governmental powers especially with respect to general comfort, health, morals, safety, or prosperity
: control and regulation of affairs affecting the general order and welfare of any unit or area
: the system of laws for effecting such control
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