"morality police" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} morality police (uncountable)
  1. A police force tasked with enforcing a specific moral code, especially a religious one. Tags: uncountable Related terms: moral police Translations (police enforcing moral code): moralpoliti [neuter] (Danish), zedenpolitie [feminine] (Dutch), moraalipoliisi (Finnish), police des mœurs [feminine] (French), Sittenpolizei [feminine] (German), erkölcsrendőrség (Hungarian), moralpoliti [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), policja moralności [feminine] (Polish), policja obyczajowa [feminine] (Polish), поли́ция нра́вов (polícija nrávov) [feminine] (Russian), moralpolis [common-gender] (Swedish), sedlighetspolis [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-morality_police-en-noun-lmFPGvBv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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