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a nation in which the police, esp. a secret police, summarily suppresses any social, economic, or political act that conflicts with governmental policy.[1860-65]
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police state
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police state — ► NOUN ▪ a totalitarian state in which political police secretly supervise and control citizens activities … English terms dictionary
police state — n. a government that seeks to intimidate and suppress political opposition by means of police, esp. a secret police force … English World dictionary
Police state — The term police state describes a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social… … Wikipedia
police state — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms police state : singular police state plural police states a country where the government controls people s freedom and uses the police to check that people are obeying its rules … English dictionary
police state — state run by an oppressive government in which the citizens have little freedom … English contemporary dictionary
police state — noun A nation or state whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people, by means of police … Wiktionary
police state — po lice ,state noun count a country where the government controls people s freedom and uses the police to check that people are obeying its rules … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
police state — noun a totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens activities … English new terms dictionary
police state — noun Date: 1865 a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and especially secret police in place of regular operation of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
