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Gestapo

Nazi secret state police, 1934, from German Gestapo, contracted from "Geheime Staats-polizei," literally "secret state police," set up by Hermann Göring in Prussia in 1933, extended to all Germany in January 1934.

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Definitions of Gestapo from WordNet

Gestapo (n.)
the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods;
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