English Dictionary

secret police

名詞

不可算名詞

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.

日本語の意味

秘密の警察組織。政府や権力者によって秘密裏に運営され、法律の枠外で政治的弾圧や反体制勢力の抑圧を行う機関。 / 全体主義体制などにおいて、政治目的のために、隠密に、そして非公開に活動し、民衆からも距離を置かれている警察部隊。

Citizens whispered in the streets about the secret police, whose surveillance and brutality crushed any sign of dissent.

市民たちは街で秘密警察の恐怖についてひそひそと語り、その監視と残虐性があらゆる反対意見を押しつぶしていた。

意味（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.

Now it is nineteen eighty-four / Knock-knock at your front door / It's the suede denim secret police / They have come for your uncool niece

treated as a plural （ often ）