"moral police" meaning in English

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Noun

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': 71 29
  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-ySkK7L8x Disambiguation of Conservatism: 12 88 Disambiguation of Hindutva: 9 91 Disambiguation of Islam: 20 80 Disambiguation of Islamism: 14 86 Disambiguation of Malaysian politics: 5 95 Disambiguation of Theocracy: 15 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'Islamic religious police': 5 95

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