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Gestapo
[guh-stah-poh, guh-shtah-poh]
noun
the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.
adjective
(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 /
noun
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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Gestapo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Gestapo1
Example Sentences
Alternately, his tone was infused with contempt, sarcasm or genuine sympathy for his subjects who had been victims of brutality unleashed by the Gestapo or secret police of the Vichy regime.
"I think this is almost a Gestapo nation right now — that people are going to take you out of your homes, out of your school, out of your jobs, whatever. This is not America."
Eric Roberts, known as Jack King, had posed as a Gestapo agent, to find and work with Nazi sympathisers in Britain.
And thousands have taken to the streets to protest the unlawful kidnapping of student activist Mahmoud Khalil by America's Gestapo, ICE.
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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