security police
noun
1
: police engaged in counterespionage
2
: air police
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The memorial consists of a life-size granite sculpture of a 12-year-old German shepherd, known as Chyba, who served as a U.S. Army military patrol and security police dog in Kuwait and Germany. 
Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022 The latest arrests were made under existing antisedition laws that have been increasingly used by national-security police this year. Newley Purnell, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken critic of China’s Communist Party, drawing concern from the Vatican and condemnation from the United States. Nectar Gan, CNN, 11 May 2022 The city’s June 4th Museum, which had already been forced to close, was raided in September by national security police who carried away boxes of exhibits. Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 4 June 2022 National-security police recently arrested several of her courtroom backers, charging two of them with sedition for their public displays of support for Ms. Chow. Wenxin Fan And Elaine Yu, WSJ, 25 May 2022 Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, the city's 90-year-old Roman Catholic bishop emeritus and an outspoken China critic. Harold Maass, The Week, 12 May 2022 Winning entries included articles from Stand News, a local news outlet forced to shutter after national security police raided the newsroom in December and arrested editors and executives. Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022 In early April, security police captured three alleged saboteurs near the town of Bobruisk and shot them in the knees. Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022 See More
Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022 The latest arrests were made under existing antisedition laws that have been increasingly used by national-security police this year. Newley Purnell, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken critic of China’s Communist Party, drawing concern from the Vatican and condemnation from the United States. Nectar Gan, CNN, 11 May 2022 The city’s June 4th Museum, which had already been forced to close, was raided in September by national security police who carried away boxes of exhibits. Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 4 June 2022 National-security police recently arrested several of her courtroom backers, charging two of them with sedition for their public displays of support for Ms. Chow. Wenxin Fan And Elaine Yu, WSJ, 25 May 2022 Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, the city's 90-year-old Roman Catholic bishop emeritus and an outspoken China critic. Harold Maass, The Week, 12 May 2022 Winning entries included articles from Stand News, a local news outlet forced to shutter after national security police raided the newsroom in December and arrested editors and executives. Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022 In early April, security police captured three alleged saboteurs near the town of Bobruisk and shot them in the knees. Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1