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police state
noun
- a nation in which the police, especially a secret police, summarily suppresses any social, economic, or political act that conflicts with governmental policy.
police state
noun
- a state or country in which a repressive government maintains control through the police
police state
- A nation whose rulers maintain order and obedience by the threat of police or military force; one with a brutal, arbitrary government.
Word History and Origins
Origin of police state1
Example Sentences
Trump’s language is designed to fracture the civic contract, pit citizens against each other, create the conditions for civil war, and pave the way for a society ruled by fear and a police state.
“This campus has essentially become a police state,” Elisa Pabon, the postdoctoral unit chair for the union, said gesturing to uniformed security guards standing nearby.
“With To Lam’s ascent to the presidency, Vietnam is now a literal police state,” said Swanton, adding that the Vietnamese ruling Politburo was now dominated by current and former security officials.
“It’s about the crackdown on free speech on campuses but it’s also about campuses becoming police states.”
He wrote the book on how to turn a modern country into a repressive autocracy without becoming a full-fledged police state.
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