Thesecret police is a police force in some countries that works secretly and deals with political crimes committed against the government.
secret police in British English
noun
a police force that operates relatively secretly to check subversion or political dissent
secret police in American English
a police force that operates secretly, esp. for suppressing opposition to the government
Examples of 'secret police' in a sentence
secret police
They were warned of the danger of informers and secret police trying to foil them.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They should know that the secret police control this sector very strictly.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Now we go and see secret police.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
But how else was she going to reach former members of the secret police?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Now we see military secret police.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
He was obliged to leg it over the cemetery wall to avoid arrest by the tsar's secret police.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
No secret police force is as efficient and brutal at sewing up a result as the senior common rooms of Blighty.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The band became instead part of a thriving underground music scene with concerts arranged at short notice in remote venues designed to thwart secret police interference.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A mother of six was shot dead on her doorstep after she answered the knock by the secret police, relatives said.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It felt like she and those closest to her were'being monitored and hunted down by a sort of secret police '.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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secret police
British English: secret police NOUN
The secret police is a police force in some countries that works secretly and deals with political crimes committed against the government.