Gestapo

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noun

The definition of Gestapo was the German Secret Police during Nazi rule.

Secret military police that would come and take away people who opposed the Nazis are an example of the Gestapo.

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Gestapo

[sometimesg-] the secret police force of the German Nazi state, notorious for its terrorism, brutality, etc.
[alsog-] any secret police
[alsog-]Slang any police force or other authority regarded variously as sinister, ruthless, brutal, etc.

Origin of Gestapo

from German Ge(heime) Sta(ats)po(lizei), secret state police

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Gestapo

noun

The German internal security police as organized under the Nazi regime, known for its terrorist methods directed against those suspected of treason or questionable loyalty.
gestapo pl. ge·sta·pos A police organization that employs terroristic methods to control a populace.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the German security police organized under the Nazi regime.
gestapo Of, relating to, or characteristic of terroristic police methods or operations: gestapo tactics.

Origin of Gestapo

German Ge(heime) Sta(ats)po(lizei) secret state police geheim secret Staat state Polizei police

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Proper noun

The secret police of the Nazi party in the Second World War

Origin

Borrowing from German Gestapo.

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