Gestapo

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɡɛˈstɑːpəʊ//
United Kingdom//ɡəˈʃtɑːpəʊ//
United States//ɡɛˈstɑpoʊ//
United States//ɡəˈʃtɑpoʊ//

Any militant oppressive force or group.

proper noun

1
historicalThe secret police of Nazi Germany.
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.
2
informalAny militant oppressive force or group.
Men were frog-marched by the feminist Gestapo into accepting an alien 'politically correct' agenda.
One of those injured by the immigration Gestapo spoke to WSWS reporter Kimie Saito, his head wrapped in white bandages stained with blood.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”).

Geronimo · A prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band…Gerry · A diminutive of the male given names Gerald or Gerard.Gertrude · A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Gestapo · Any militant oppressive force or group.

gesture · A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to…get · To obtain; to acquire.Get · A member of the Getae.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.