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Gestapo

ges·tapo

UK/ɡɛˈstɑːpəʊ/ US/ɡəˈʃtɑːpəʊ/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods

Origin

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

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