gestapo
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1. the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | secret police, |
| definition | : | a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) (noun.group) |
| part meronym | : | schutzstaffel, ss, |
| definition | : | special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps (noun.group) |
| domain category | : | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act, |
| definition | : | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear (noun.act) |
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