secret police

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[sing.+sing./pl.v.] a police force that works secretly to make sure that citizens behave as their government wants

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secret policeEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus secret policeEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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secret police