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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These brazen actions catch the attention of the insidious secret police, who pressure Tomáš to deliver intel on his coworkers in order to protect his rebellious younger brother.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
Last year, New York police arrested two men for allegedly setting up a secret police station for a Chinese provincial police agency.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2024
Last year, the Justice Department charged a pair of men with establishing a secret police station in New York City while acting under the direction and control of the Chinese government.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
In the early 1950s, Stalin’s secret police chief Lavrenty Beria assigned Nahum Eitingon, the chief architect of the 1940 assassination of Leon Trotsky, in Mexico, to form a special operations brigade to lay plans for blowing up U.S. military bases in Europe.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
Last year, New York police arrested two men for allegedly setting up a secret police station for a Chinese provincial police agency.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2024
Last year, the Justice Department charged a pair of men with establishing a secret police station in New York City while acting under the direction and control of the Chinese government.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
In the early 1950s, Stalin’s secret police chief Lavrenty Beria assigned Nahum Eitingon, the chief architect of the 1940 assassination of Leon Trotsky, in Mexico, to form a special operations brigade to lay plans for blowing up U.S. military bases in Europe.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Secret police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20police. Accessed 24 Sep. 2024.
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