Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail.
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Gestapo
/ɡɛˈstɑːpəʊ/
Synonyms for "gestapo" (44 found)
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Noun(5 words)
posseprovincial policercmpriot policescotland yardsecret policesecurity forceshore patrolspspecial policestate policetactical policeterroristictroopertroopersvigilance committeevigilantes
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8 entriesdescriptive termmetaphorical descriptormodifierpejorative epithetpolice organizationsecret policesecurity servicestate security service
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11 entriesGestapo apparatusGestapo archivesGestapo headquartersGestapo informantsGestapo raidsNazi secret policegestapo-esque brutalitygestapo-like methodsgestapo-like tacticsgestapo-style operationspolice-state measures
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5 total sentences available.
The Algerian security system works exactly like the Gestapo.
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Fortunately this was Spain and not Germany. The Spanish secret police had some of the spirit of the Gestapo, but not much of its competence.
Source: wiktionary
Men were frog-marched by the feminist Gestapo into accepting an alien 'politically correct' agenda.
Source: wiktionary
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