POLICE STATE

Meaning of POLICE STATE in English

a nation in which the police, esp. a secret police, summarily suppresses any social, economic, or political act that conflicts with governmental policy.

[ 1860-65 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

POLICE STATE — noun Date: 1865 a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POLICE STATE — noun : a political unit (as a nation) characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLICE STATE — state run by an oppressive government in which the citizens have little freedom
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POLICE STATE — Date: 1865 : a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLICE STATE — Function: noun Date: 1865 : a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POLICE STATE — ■ noun a totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens' activities.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POLICE STATE — [police state] n (1865): a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usu. by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POLICE STATE — noun ( disapproving ) a country where people's freedom, especially to travel and to express political opinions, is controlled by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE STATE — poˈlice state BrE AmE noun [countable] a country where the government strictly controls people’s freedom to meet, write, or speak …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLICE STATE — ( police states) A police state is a country in which the government controls people’s freedom by means of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE STATE — (~s) A ~ is a country in which the government controls people’s freedom by means of the police, especially secret …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POLICE STATE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But if police safety is what we want, it seems that is most easily achieved …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLICE STATE — Synonyms and related words : absolute monarchy, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, democracy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLICE STATE — See ↑ GOVERNMENT 4
Longman Activator English vocab
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
POLICE STATE — полит полицейское государство Выражение употребляется в средствах массовой информации и в политической литературе в отношении США тогда, когда считают, что правительство США …
POLICE STATE — полит. полицейское государство Выражение употребляется в средствах массовой информации и в политической литературе в отношении США тогда, когда считают, что …
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство; стабильность в обществе поддерживается повсеместным контролем граждан со стороны государства.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
POLICE STATE — полицейское государство
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STATE — I Political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government. The state is distinguished …
Английский словарь Британика
POLICE — I Body of agents organized to maintain civil order and public safety, enforce the law, and investigate crime. Characteristics common …
Английский словарь Британика
STATE — I. ˈstāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stat, from Old French & Latin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLICE — I. pəˈlēs, pōˈ-, in rapid speech ˈplēs noun ( plural police ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, conduct of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POLICE — /peuh lees"/ , n. , v. , policed, policing . n. 1. Also called police force . an organized civil …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POLICE — I. pə-ˈlēs transitive verb ( po·liced ; po·lic·ing ) Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle French policier, from police conduct …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POLICE — vt to keep in order by police. 2. police ·vt to make clean; as, to police a camp. 3. police …
Webster English vocab
POLICE — [po.lice] vt po.liced ; po.lic.ing (1589) [in sense 1, fr. MF policier, fr. police conduct of public affairs; in other …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STATE — political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government. The state is a form …
Britannica English vocabulary
POLICE
Britannica English vocabulary
STATE — / steɪt; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb ■ noun CONDITION OF SB / STH 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE — / pəˈliːs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun (often the police ) [ pl. ] an official organization whose …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STATE — I. state 1 S1 W2 /steɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: estat , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POLICE — I. po ‧ lice 1 S1 W1 /pəˈliːs/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STATE — n. & v. --n. 1 the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POLICE — n. & v. --n. 1 (usu. prec. by the) the civil force of a State, responsible for maintaining public order. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STATE — n. & v. n. 1 the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POLICE — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. prec. by the) the civil force of a State, responsible for maintaining public order. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STATE — n. & v. --n. 1. the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Oxford English vocab
POLICE — n. & v. --n. 1. (usu. prec. by the) the civil force of a State, responsible for maintaining public order. …
Oxford English vocab
STATE — ( states, stating, stated) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You can …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POLICE — ( polices, policing, policed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The police …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STATE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POLICE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a police car ▪ The vehicle was being chased by a police car. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STATE — n. Islamic State of Afghanistan State of Brunei Darussalam Gosudarstvennaya Duma State Assembly State of Eritrea State of Israel State …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POLICE — n. International Criminal Police Organization Boston Police Strike police power Royal Canadian Mounted Police secret police
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POLICE — n. Body of agents organized to maintain civil order and public safety, enforce the law, and investigate crime. Characteristics common …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POLICE — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, administer, arm, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLICE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ armed , mounted ▪ plain-clothes , uniformed ▪ undercover ▪ riot , traffic ▪ military , paramilitary …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POLICE — n. 25B6; noun the police force, police officers, policemen, policewomen, officers of the law, the forces of law and order; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POLICE — n. 1 constabulary, policemen, policewomen, police officers, Colloq boys in blue, the (long arm of the) law, the cops, the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
POLICE — noun 1 BAD : The police was not able to find anything. GOOD : The police were not able to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
STATE — I 1. сущ. 1) состояние, положение in a good state of repair ≈ требующий починки in a highly nervous state …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POLICE — 1. сущ. 1) а) полиция city police municipal police local police mounted police secret police security police state police police …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STATE — state.ogg _I 1. steıt n 1. тк. sing состояние, положение normal alarming, bad, desperate, hopeless state - нормальное тревожное, плохое, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POLICE — police.ogg 1. pəʹli:s n 1. полиция military railway, detective police - военная железнодорожная, сыскная полиция traffic police - дорожная полиция; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STATE — 1) состояние 2) положение 3) режим (работы) 4) (энергетический) уровень; (энергетическое) состояние 5) утверждать; формулировать 6) корректурный оттиск с гравюры …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STATE — 1) состояние 2) положение 3) режим (работы) 4) (энергетический) уровень; (энергетическое) состояние 5) утверждать; формулировать 6) корректурный оттиск с гравюры • state as received — 1. в …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STATE — 1) выражать 2) выразить 3) высказывать 4) гласить 5) государственный 6) государство 7) заявить 8) заявлять 9) излагать 10) констатировать 11) положение 12) проставка 13) режим 14) состояние 15) структура 16) сформулировать 17) термодинамический 18) утвердить 19) утверждать 20) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STATE — _I 1. steıt n 1. тк. sing состояние, положение normal alarming, bad, desperate, hopeless state - нормальное тревожное, плохое, отчаянное, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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