Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun A police organization that employs terroristic methods to control a populace.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the German security police organized under the Nazi regime.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of terroristic police methods or operations.
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- proper noun The
secret police of theNazi party in theSecond World War
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- noun the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word "Gestapo" is short for the German words "Geheime Staatspolizei", which is translated "secret police of the state".
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The word "Gestapo" is short for the German words "Geheime Staatspolizei", which is translated "secret police of the state".
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And for the second time in a week open borders advocates used the term Gestapo-like to describe federal law enforcement agents.
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The word Gestapo frightened me more than my injuries.
i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003
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The word Gestapo frightened me more than my injuries.
i will plant you a lilac tree LAURA HILLMAN 2003
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Sanders later said he was speaking for himself, but didn't back down on using the term Gestapo that is associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
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Sanders later said he was speaking for himself, but didn't back down on using the term Gestapo that is associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
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Sanders later said he was speaking for himself, but didn't back down on using the term Gestapo that is associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
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Some of you recoil at the term Gestapo but I think that that is apropos for what is being talked about here.
Latest Articles Examinaer 2008
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Youlus, an Orthodox rabbi and sofer, or Torah scribe, told his well-intentioned but gullible marks, among other things, that he had found two such Torah scrolls buried in what he called a "Gestapo body bag" in a Ukrainian mass-grave of murdered Jews.
Menachem Rosensaft: Demanding Accountability In The 'Holocaust Torah Scrolls' Scam Menachem Rosensaft 2012
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