| 单词 | political police |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolitical police political police n. a police force concerned with political offences against the State; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] political police1833 security police1915 G-man1917 thought police1934 1816 Times 28 Sept. 2/5 The general police..is a political police: it tends to stifle or to poison public opinion; it strikes therefore at the heart of representative government.] 1833 Times 25 Nov. 1/6 We had every reason to hope that our [i.e. the French] political police, having been warned of its negligence by the flight of Colonel Erazo, would display more tact. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent xi. 353 A man somewhat over forty may be excusably thrown into considerable disorder by the prospect of losing his employment, especially if the man is a secret agent of political police. 2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Mar. 23/2 Relief workers were constantly harassed by the Cheka—the political police. < as lemmas |
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