Etymology

Gestapo

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Today it means: The secret police of Nazi Germany. Full definition →

German Gestapo
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  1. German · borrowed fromGestapo
  2. English todayGestapo

Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.