police state
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++poˈlice state noun [countable] PGPGGOVERENMENTa country where the government strictly controls people’s freedom to meet, write, or speak about politics, travel etc 警察国家；极权国家
Examples from the Corpus
police state• But if police safety is what we want, it seems that is most easily achieved in a police state.• Public help for the police in a police state is a rare luxury.• The discipline of a police state was what he had grown up with, what suited his talents best.• The rule of the Shoguns was feasible, of course, only under strict discipline and what amounted to a police state.• Others warned against any attempt to set up a police state.• Here, in the regressive, infantile wish for the perfect parent of early childhood lies the germ of the police state.poˈlice state nounChineseSyllable
the strictly where a Corpus country controls government
police state
poˈlice state
noun [countable]
a country where the government strictly controls people’s freedom to meet, write, or speak about politics, travel etc
poˈlice state
noun [countable]a country where the government strictly controls people’s freedom to meet, write, or speak about politics, travel etc