secret police

1. 1.

   A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance.

   秘密运作、超越正常法律界限且不公开的警察力量,通常支持极权政府的政治政策,通过恐吓、暴力和监视等手段镇压政治异见。

秘密警察；[法] 秘密警察

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