secret police in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.secret [Am ˈsikrɪt, Brit ˈsiːkrɪt] N

secret
secreto m
in secret
en secreto
can you keep a secret?
¿sabes guardar un secreto?
is she in on the secret?
¿lo sabe?
is she in on the secret?
¿está al corriente?
our decision must remain a secret
tenemos que mantener en secreto la decisión
their affair is an open secret
su relación es un secreto a voces
her age is a secret
su edad es un misterio
he kept it a secret from her for years
se lo ocultó durante años
to let sb in on a secret
contarle un secreto a alguien
he had no secrets from her
no tenía secretos para ella
it's no secret that he's an alcoholic
no es ningún secreto que es alcohólico
to make no secret of sth
no esconder or ocultar algo
the secret of success
el secreto del éxito

II.secret [Am ˈsikrɪt, Brit ˈsiːkrɪt] ADJ

I.police [Am pəˈlis, Brit pəˈliːs] N

1. police (force) + sing or pl vb:

the police
la policía
to be in/join the police
ser/hacerse policía
to call the police
llamar a la policía
the riot police
la policía antidisturbios
the riot police attr regulations/escort/patrol
policial
police brutality
brutalidad f policial or de la policía
police college
escuela f superior de policía
the police force
la policía
the airport has its own police force
el aeropuerto tiene su propio cuerpo de vigilancia
police inspector (in UK)
inspector m de policía / inspectora f de policía
police message
comunicado m policial
police protection
protección f policial
to have a police record
estar fichado
to have a police record
estar prontuariado CSur
police witness
testigo mf de la policía

II.police [Am pəˈlis, Brit pəˈliːs] VB trans

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secret police in the PONS Dictionary

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II.secret [ˈsi:krɪt] ADJ (known to few)

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It was established in 1973 and serves as the secret police of North Korea.
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These guidelines required the FBI to show evidence of a crime before using secret police techniques like wiretaps or entering someone's home without warning.
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His allegedly ruthless crushing of opponents through his secret police earned him the reputation of a tyrant.
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Secret police forces are accountable only to the executive branch of the government, sometimes only to a dictator.
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Unfortunately they are in a restricted area so the secret police suspect them of being spies.
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He cited the government's claim of reaching out to the opposition even though his secret police were still arresting opposition figures.
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Despite such overview, there still exists the possibility of domestic-security agencies acting unlawfully and taking on some characteristics of secret police.
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A dossier attests that she gave 15 notes containing information to the secret police, although only two such written documents were discovered.
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States where the secret police wield significant power are sometimes referred to as police states or counterintelligence states.
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Others followed with their own series, despite harassment from the party's secret police.
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