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Gestapo

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gestapo"

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policenoun	(law enforcement) A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.
secret policenoun	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.
political police	—
security policenoun	(law enforcement) A law enforcement agency focusing primarily on providing security and law enforcement services to a particular area or a specific property.
secret servicenoun	A governmental agency that deals with espionage and other acts of secrecy.
internal security	the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats.
police statenoun	(usually derogatory) A polity whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people.
thought policenoun	(figurative) A group that aims to control the thoughts of others.
kriegsmarinenoun	(historical, military, nautical, World War II) The navy of Nazi Germany.
gepidnoun	(historical) A member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths.
germanianoun	(humorous, sometimes offensive) Germany.
gepidaenoun	(historical) The Gepids, an East Germanic people.
einsatz groupnoun	Alternative form of Einsatzgruppe. [(historical) Any of four paramilitary units (Einsatzgruppen A, B, C, D) operated by the SS in German-occupied territory in the east (mainly Poland and the Soviet Union) during World War II, notorious for carrying out large numbers of massacres.]
ger.noun	(law) Abbreviation of Germany. [A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Rhine, Elbe, and upper Danube Rivers in Central Europe, taken as a whole under its various governments.]
german sign languagenoun	The sign language used in Germany.
einsatzgruppenoun	(historical) Any of four paramilitary units (Einsatzgruppen A, B, C, D) operated by the SS in German-occupied territory in the east (mainly Poland and the Soviet Union) during World War II, notorious for carrying out large numbers of massacres.
godwinnoun	(informal) An inappropriate mention of the Nazis or Adolf Hitler in a discussion.
gulagnoun	(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
gaystaponoun	(informal, derogatory) Gay activists viewed as a militant and oppressive force.
germanitynoun	Synonym of Germanness.