"moral police" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} moral police pl (plural only)
  1. Vigilantes or groups that try to enforce their moral laws on others. Tags: plural, plural-only Related terms: Sharia patrol, Sharia police, Syariah police [Malaysia], religious police, JAWI (english: Malaysian Islamic moral police), JAIS (english: Islamic moral police specific to Selangor) Translations (vigilante group): സദാചാരപോലീസ് (sadācārapōlīsŭ) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-moral_police-en-noun-5bQWnPri Disambiguation of 'vigilante group': 73 27
  2. A special police force in some conservative countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Malaysia that enforces religious laws by punishing sinners. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Conservatism, Hindutva, Islam, Islamism, Malaysian politics, Theocracy Translations (Islamic religious police): مُطَّوِّعِين (muṭṭawwiʕīn) (Arabic), 穆塔韋 (Chinese), 穆塔韦 (Chinese), 伊斯蘭宗教警察 (Chinese), 伊斯兰宗教警察 (Chinese), polisi Syariah (Indonesian), mutaween (Malay), پلیس اسلامی (Persian), polisi wa maadili (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-moral_police-en-noun-g0t8Qko~ Disambiguation of Conservatism: 23 77 Disambiguation of Hindutva: 23 77 Disambiguation of Islam: 25 75 Disambiguation of Islamism: 30 70 Disambiguation of Malaysian politics: 6 94 Disambiguation of Theocracy: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'Islamic religious police': 26 74
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