|
Definition of Police state
1. Noun. A country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police).
Generic synonyms: Absolutism, Authoritarianism, Caesarism, Despotism, Dictatorship, Monocracy, One-man Rule, Shogunate, Stalinism, Totalitarianism, Tyranny
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