thought police

Example Sentences

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"I always thought police officers were there to uphold the law and be compassionate, but that wasn't the case for me," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

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