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It seems appropriate that the author of '1984' was a British citizen. George Orwell must have seen how easily the great British public's lamb-like disposition toward its leaders could be exploited to create a police state.
Heather Brooke

Meaning of "police state" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLICE STATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLICE STATE

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Police state is a noun.
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WHAT DOES POLICE STATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

police state

Police state

A police state is a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control, and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive. The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state. Robert von Mohl, who first introduced the rule of law to German jurisprudence, contrasted the Rechtsstaat with the aristocratic Polizeistaat.

Definition of police state in the English dictionary

The definition of police state in the dictionary is a state or country in which a repressive government maintains control through the police.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLICE STATE

police department
police dog
police escort
police force
police headquarters
police helicopter
police inspector
police intervention
police marksman
Police Motu
police office
police officer
police presence
police procedural
police protection
police record
police service
police station
police wagon
police work

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLICE STATE

chief of state
city-state
constate
crown estate
estate
facilitate
housing estate
industrial estate
interstate
lie in state
out-of-state
outstate
prostate
real estate
secretary of state
solid-state
state
steady state
testate
tri-state
upstate

Synonyms and antonyms of police state in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «police state» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLICE STATE

Find out the translation of police state to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of police state from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «police state» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

警察国家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estado policial
570 millions of speakers

English

police state
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुलिस राज्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الدولة البوليسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полицейское государство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estado policial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুলিশ সেবা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

État policier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkhidmatan polis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Polizeistaat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

警察国家
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경찰 국가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Layanan polisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà nước cảnh sát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொலிஸ் சேவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोलिस सेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Polis hizmeti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stato di polizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

państwo policyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поліцейську державу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stat polițienesc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αστυνομικό κράτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polisie staat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polisstat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

politistat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of police state

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLICE STATE»

The term «police state» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.426 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLICE STATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about police state

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6 QUOTES WITH «POLICE STATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word police state.
1
Rick Atkinson
Hitler had a police state of the first order. And those who showed any sign of being weak-kneed faced prison or often summary execution. That prevented a lot of people who knew that the war was not going to turn out well for Germany from giving up.
2
Heather Brooke
It seems appropriate that the author of '1984' was a British citizen. George Orwell must have seen how easily the great British public's lamb-like disposition toward its leaders could be exploited to create a police state.
3
Bruce Schneier
It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.
4
Ahmet Necdet Sezner
Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.
5
L. Neil Smith
I'm tired of living in a police state.
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John Shelby Spong
You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a world that doesn't create terrorists - and that means a whole different way of 'getting along.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLICE STATE»

Discover the use of police state in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to police state and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State
Argues that America has become a police state governed by the strong arm of the law.
John W. Whitehead, 2013
2
The Disordered Police State: German Cameralism as Science ...
Probing the relationship between German political economy and everyday fiscal administration, The Disordered Police State focuses on the cameral sciences—a peculiarly German body of knowledge designed to train state officials—and in so ...
Andre Wakefield, 2009
3
The American Police State: The Government Against the People
Details the ways in which the CIA, FBI, IRS and other government agencies have engaged in law-breaking to spy on private citizens during the last seven administrations
David Wise, 1978
4
Drug Warriors and Their Prey: From Police Power to Police State
This is a book for anyone who wonders about the value of civil liberties, and for anyone who wonders why people seek to destroy their neighbors.
Richard Lawrence Miller, 1996
5
The Discreet Charm of the Police State: The Landpolizei and ...
This book examines the complex and paradoxical relationship between authoritarian policing and the social and economic modernization of postwar Germany's largest and most historically "authentic" state, as Bavaria joined the rest of the ...
Jose Raymund Canoy, 2007
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Foundations of the Nazi Police State: The Formation of Sipo ...
Foundations of the Nazi Police State offers the narrative and analysis of the external struggle that created Sipo and SD. This book is the author's preface to his discussion of the internal evolution of these organizations in Hitler's ...
George C. Browder, 2004
7
Police State America: Us Military 'civil Disturbance' Planning
In shocking detail, the meticulously researched articles in this anthology expose the national security state's sinister blueprint for destroying democracy and crushing dissent.
Tom Burghardt, 2002
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Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police ...
This is a single-volume history of Romania under Gheorghiu-Dej, the Communist ruler and predecessor of Nicolae Ceausescu.
Dennis Deletant, 1999
9
The New Social Contract: America's Journey from Welfare ...
According to the Justice Department's National Crime Survey, the crime rate in the United States is lower today than it was when Nixon was in the White House.
Joseph Dillon Davey, 1995
10
The Japanese Police State: Tokko in Interwar Japan
As is the case with other general terms, such as 'fascism', the concept of police state must be carefully defined. In the twentieth century, specifically since the German and Soviet regimes of the 1930s and 1940s, the term has taken on the ...
Elise K. Tipton, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLICE STATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term police state is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cleveland Police Attack Black Activists
When Black American activists and supporters are considered “domestic terrorists,” police state ruthlessness overrides constitutionally ... «MWC News, Jul 15»
2
British Plan to Deploy Secret Police Draws Ire
Rights groups criticized the new proposals as being unjust and warned they were pushing Britain into becoming a “police state”. «Onislam.net, Jul 15»
3
An Open Letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders
Reform of the police state and mass incarceration cannot be fringe issues. They burn with frantic, desperate urgency in the hearts of black ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
AAP govt to discuss women's security in Assembly on Tuesday
Last week, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had said Delhi has become a "police state" while accusing the police of "mercilessly" beating ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
5
The Commercialization of Music Festivals and the Rise of Super …
... and may ultimately be devoured by their own spawn, taking the freedom these small festivals allows and turns it into a modified police state. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Ondo PDP crisis: Police arrest ex-council boss
Speaking with journalists in Akure shortly after his release Sowore confirmed that he was arrested and detained at the police State CID Akure ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
7
FBI files: Nixon knew of McGovern 'illegitimate' child
... Hoover and the former World War II bomber pilot who felt the United States was being turned into a police state, the Argus Leader says. «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»
8
Hundreds protest in New Jersey to highlight US police brutality
“There is a burgeoning police state in the United States,” Larry Hamm, a social justice activist and People's Organization for Progress Chairman ... «RT, Jul 15»
9
Left prefers Police State to principles: Letters
The Christians are ridiculed and admonished for placing their faith above a law that requires them to violate their faith. People cheer and mock ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»
10
Mbabazi: Uganda could become police state
Former Premier, Amama Mbabazi, has turned tables on the ruling party accusing it of running a terror campaign against his supporters from the ... «NTV Uganda, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Police state [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/police-state>. Apr 2024 ».
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