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Definition of Police state
1. Noun. A country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police).
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Police State
Literary usage of Police state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of State by Johann Caspar Bluntschli (1895)
"On the other hand, a one-sided development of the ' police State' would in the
end sacrifice all individual rights and freedom to an exclusive regard for ..."
2. Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro (1996)
"... China's Civil Affairs Bureaucracy: Welfare State Or police state? A New Order
The concept of "social work" has always had an ambiguous significance in ..."
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