thought police
Example Sentences
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Det Con Linge also said she thought police training on all levels of searches was not adequate.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025
There’s already a strong sense among conspiracy theorists that there’s a well-organized thought police, so organized efforts to fight these ideas have little chance to succeed.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2023
Janz, who also lives in the Skyline Towers, was surprised by the incident, but he thought police had it under control.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
As an adolescent in the 1930s, Chiyoko fell in love with a wounded artist who was fleeing the dreaded thought police.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2022
Odd—when Pax had ruled, there were thought police and the cardinal sin was to be a liberal, to experiment, to seek knowledge.
From Star Born by Norton, Andre
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
