"Gestapo" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡɛˈstɑpoʊ/, /ɡəˈʃtɑpoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-9h8s-Gestapo.wav [US] Forms: the Gestapo [canonical]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|de|Gestapo}} Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the Gestapo
  1. (historical, Nazism) The secret police of Nazi Germany. Tags: Nazism, historical Categories (topical): Nazism, Organizations Translations (the secret police of Nazi Germany): جِيسْتَابُو (gistābū) [masculine] (Arabic), գեստապո (gestapo) (Armenian), геста́па (hjestápa) [neuter] (Belarusian), গেস্টাপো (gesṭapō) (Bengali), геста́по (gestápo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 蓋世太保 (Chinese Mandarin), 盖世太保 (gàishìtàibǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), Gestapo (Finnish), გესტაპო (gesṭaṗo) (Georgian), Gestapo [feminine] (German), γκεστάπο (gkestápo) (Greek), גֶּסְטָפּוֹ (Hebrew), גסטאפו (gestapo) [masculine] (Hebrew), गेस्टापो (gesṭāpo) (Hindi), Gestapo [feminine] (Italian), ゲシュタポ (geshutapo) (Japanese), 게슈타포 (gesyutapo) (Korean), геста́по (gestápo) [neuter] (Macedonian), گشتاپو (geštâpu) (Persian), Gestapo [neuter] (Polish), gestapo [neuter] (Polish), Gestapo [feminine] (Portuguese), геста́по (gestápo) [neuter] (Russian), гестапо [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), Gestapo [neuter] (Swedish), เกสตาโพ (Thai), геста́по (hestápo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), sở Ghextapô (Vietnamese), געסטאַפּאָ (gestapo) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Gestapo-en-name-LPxE5UnY Disambiguation of Organizations: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'the secret police of Nazi Germany': 98 2
  2. (informal, derogatory, by extension) Any militant oppressive force or group. Tags: broadly, derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-Gestapo-en-name-cAWDjYqk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Gaystapo

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      "word": "sở Ghextapô"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gestapo",
      "sense": "the secret police of Nazi Germany",
      "word": "געסטאַפּאָ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gestapo"
}

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