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Word: Gestapo
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
German, from Geheime Staatspolizei ‘secret state police’
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Phonetic Spelling:
ɡəˈstɑːpəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the German secret police under Nazi rule. It ruthlessly suppressed opposition to the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe, and sent Jewish people and others to concentration camps. From 1936 it was headed by Heinrich Himmler.
Short Definition:German secret police under Nazi rule
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