Meanings
- NazismhistoricalThe secret police of Nazi Germany.
Fortunately this was Spain and not Germany. The Spanish secret police had some of the spirit of the Gestapo, but not much of its competence.
1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, page 227 - broadlyderogatoryinformalAny militant oppressive force or group.
Men were frog-marched by the feminist Gestapo into accepting an alien 'politically correct' agenda.
2009, Ian Dunbar, More Than a Puff of Smoke, page 2301 more example
One of those injured by the immigration Gestapo spoke to WSWS reporter Kimie Saito, his head wrapped in white bandages stained with blood.
2025 June 7, Jacob Crosse, “Protests continue in Los Angeles in response to fascist immigration raids”, in World Socialist Web Site, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025
Origin
- GermanGestapo
- EnglishGestapo
Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”).
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Arabic جِيسْتَابُو
- جِيسْتَابُو (gistābū)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Bengali গেস্টাপো
- গেস্টাপো (gesṭapō)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Bulgarian геста́по
- геста́по (gestápo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Chinese Mandarin 蓋世太保 /盖世太保
- 蓋世太保 /盖世太保 (gàishìtàibǎo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Finnish Gestapo
- Gestapothe secret police of Nazi Germany
German Gestapo
- Gestapothe secret police of Nazi Germany
Greek γκεστάπο
- γκεστάπο (gkestápo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Hebrew גֶּסְטָפּוֹ, גסטאפו
- גֶּסְטָפּוֹthe secret police of Nazi Germany
- גסטאפו (gestapo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Hindi गेस्टापो
- गेस्टापो (gesṭāpo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Italian Gestapo
- Gestapothe secret police of Nazi Germany
Japanese ゲシュタポ
- ゲシュタポ (geshutapo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Korean 게슈타포
- 게슈타포 (gesyutapo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Persian گشتاپو
- گشتاپو (geštâpu)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Polish Gestapo, gestapo
- Gestapothe secret police of Nazi Germany
- gestapothe secret police of Nazi Germany
Portuguese Gestapo
- Gestapothe secret police of Nazi Germany
Russian геста́по
- геста́по (gestápo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Swedish Gestapo
- Gestapothe secret police of Nazi Germany
Thai เกสตาโพ
- เกสตาโพthe secret police of Nazi Germany
Ukrainian геста́по
- геста́по (hestápo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
Vietnamese sở Ghextapô
- sở Ghextapôthe secret police of Nazi Germany
Yiddish געסטאַפּאָ
- געסטאַפּאָ (gestapo)the secret police of Nazi Germany
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Cite this entry
Gestapo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gestapo
“Gestapo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gestapo. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gestapo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gestapo.
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