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Gestapo

[guh-stah-poh, guh-shtah-poh] / gəˈstɑ poʊ, gəˈʃtɑ poʊ /
NOUN
SWAT team
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Does anyone think it would have been a good idea to keep an allegedly “reformed” Gestapo in place as a postwar law enforcement agency?

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

The Soviets handed her over to the Gestapo at the beginning of World War II, and she describes coming to the Nazi camp system and being issued clothes and utensils to eat with.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

“To say the men and women of ICE are Gestapo is wrong,” Lyons said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Eric Roberts, known as Jack King, had posed as a Gestapo agent, to find and work with Nazi sympathisers in Britain.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

He tried to assure them that Wolfgang wasn't being held by the Gestapo yet.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple