SECRET POLICE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("secret police" is a kind of...):

constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secret police"):

Gestapo (the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods)