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Gestapo

[guh-stah-poh, guh-shtah-poh] / gəˈstɑ poʊ, gəˈʃtɑ poʊ /
NOUN
SWAT team
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One acidly suggested calling it “Truman’s Gestapo Airlift.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

Among the evidence Antony's investigation has unearthed is a list made by the Gestapo, detailing specific artefacts and paintings which were seized from his relatives.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2025

And Burger was worried that the Gestapo had infiltrated the New York office of the FBI.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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