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Gestapo

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Noun

1. gestapo

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gestapo

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noun
the secret state police in Nazi Germany, noted for its brutal methods of interrogation

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Gestapo

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noun
1.  [sometimes g-]
the secret police force of the German Nazi state, notorious for its terrorism, brutality, etc.
2.  [also g-]
any secret police
3.  [also g-]; Slang
any police force or other authority regarded variously as sinister, ruthless, brutal, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gestapo

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n.
1. 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.
2. gestapo pl. ge·sta·pos A police organization that employs terroristic methods to control a populace.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the German security police organized under the Nazi regime.
2. gestapo Of, relating to, or characteristic of terroristic police methods or operations: gestapo tactics.

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