Definition of Police state

1. Noun. A country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police).


Definition of Police state

1. Noun. (context: usually pejorative) A nation or state whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people, by means of police. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Police State

police investigation
police lieutenant
police line
police matron
police office
police officer
police officers
police power
police powers
police precinct
police procedural
police sergeant
police service
police services
police squad
police state (current term)
police states
police station
police stations
police van
police wagon
police work
policeable
policeboat
policed
policeless
policelike
policeman
policeman bird
policemanlike

Literary usage of Police state

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of State by Johann Caspar Bluntschli (1895)
"On the other hand, a one-sided development of the ' police State' would in the end sacrifice all individual rights and freedom to an exclusive regard for ..."

2. Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro (1996)
"... China's Civil Affairs Bureaucracy: Welfare State Or police state? A New Order The concept of "social work" has always had an ambiguous significance in ..."

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