Gestapo definition
A police organization that employs terroristic methods to control a populace.
noun
Any secret police.
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.
noun
The secret police force of the German Nazi state, notorious for its terrorism, brutality, etc.
noun
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the German security police organized under the Nazi regime.
adjective
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Of, relating to, or characteristic of terroristic police methods or operations.
Gestapo tactics.
adjective
(slang) Any police force or other authority regarded variously as sinister, ruthless, brutal, etc.
noun
Origin of gestapo
- German Ge(heime) Sta(ats)po(lizei) secret state police geheim secret Staat state Polizei police
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition