SECRET POLICE


Meaning of SECRET POLICE in English

Police established by national governments to maintain political and social control.

Generally clandestine, secret police have operated independently of the civil police. Particularly notorious examples were the Nazi Gestapo , the Russian KGB , and the East German Stasi . Secret-police tactics include arrest, imprisonment, torture, and execution of political enemies and intimidation of potential opposition members.

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