security police

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noun

a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.

a police force concerned with detecting and preventing enemy espionage.

secret police.

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Origin of security police

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby security police

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How to use security police in a sentence

Tikhanovskaya, 38, a former English teacher, jumped into the race last May, after security police arrested her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky, thwarting his presidential run.
Belarus’s Exiled Opposition Leader Says President Lukashenko Is Operating With ‘Impunity’ After Journalist Arrest|Vivienne Walt|May 24, 2021|Time
Eventually this drew a visit from the local head of the Security Police, Colonel Att Spengler.
Mandela, My Source: One Journalist’s Memory of Clandestine Meetings|Benjamin Pogrund|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And with fists, brain and nimble fingers he had written an epic biography in Security Police annals.
Shock Treatment|Stanley Mullen
Sherikovs guards fought Security police, crouched behind pillars and barricades, firing wildly, desperately.
The Variable Man|Philip K. Dick

He was just snatching up the heavy generator when two Security police appeared.
The Variable Man|Philip K. Dick
Reinhart got out of the car, with his group of armed Security police.
The Variable Man|Philip K. Dick
The Security police will be starting their demolition attack in a few hours.
The Variable Man|Philip K. Dick