GESTAPO Definition & Meaning

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Gestapo

[ guh-stah-poh; German guh-shtah-poh ]

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the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.

(sometimes lowercase) of or resembling the Nazi Gestapo, especially in the brutal suppression of opposition:
The new regime is using gestapo tactics.

Gestapo

/ ɡɛˈstɑːpəʊ; ɡeˈʃtaːpo /

the secret state police in Nazi Germany, noted for its brutal methods of interrogation

Gestapo

The secret police of the Third Reich in Germany . The Gestapo operated against Germans suspected of treason by using brutal interrogation and torture; they instilled widespread fear by their terrorist methods.

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Figuratively, any brutal secret police organization may be called a “gestapo.”

“Gestapo tactics” in general are intimidating official procedures.

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Origin of Gestapo¹

< German Ge ( heime ) Sta ( ats ) po ( lizei )

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Origin of Gestapo¹

from German Ge ( heime ) Sta ( ats ) po ( lizei ), literally: secret state police

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Eric Roberts, known as Jack King, had posed as a Gestapo agent, to find and work with Nazi sympathisers in Britain.

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And thousands have taken to the streets to protest the unlawful kidnapping of student activist Mahmoud Khalil by America's Gestapo, ICE.

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Mabel Wulff from Newport lived in Nazi Germany - surviving years of Gestapo harassment and bravely fighting fires caused by falling bombs.

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In May 1942 her network was infiltrated by the Nazis and soon Gestapo officers were in hot pursuit.

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There, Trump lied, of course, and claimed that President Biden leads a “Gestapo” that he is using to persecute his supposed enemies.

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