security police

noun

1
: police engaged in counterespionage
2

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In 2021, national security police raided the Stand News office, froze its assets and arrested several people, including Lam and Chung. Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024 National security police questioned Chan about an essay contest the group hosted three years earlier for literature composed in Cantonese, the lingua franca of Hong Kong. Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2023 By Alan Wong / Bloomberg May 28, 2024 6:30 AM EDT Hong Kong’s national security police arrested six people using a new security law for the first time, days ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Alan Wong / Bloomberg, TIME, 28 May 2024 The private security police force tasked with patrolling Detroit's iconic Renaissance Center is expected to give up its state license to make misdemeanor arrests by March 12, the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards confirmed Tuesday. Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for security police 

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of security police was in 1915

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“Security police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20police. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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