secret police

Meaning

A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance.

Synonyms

plainclothesman

plainclothes policeman

police in civilian clothes

Translations

Geheimpolizei

geheime politie

police secrète

policía secreta

polícia secreta

polizia segreta

policia secreta

politia secreta

بُولِيس سِرِّيّ

μυστική αστυνομία

poliça secreta

μυστική υπηρεσία

بوليس سري