secret police

Japanese: secret police(英語表記)secretpolice
secret police

...It is sometimes called the High Police, or Tokko (Special Higher Police). Also, the term secret police refers to those whose activities and actions are characterized by secrecy and are almost unlimited in nature. Its purpose is to isolate and eliminate oppositional movements by collecting information, monitoring, regulating, suppressing, and accommodating the actions and thoughts of individuals and groups that are considered to be detrimental to the dominant political forces and disobedient.

*Some explanations of terms that mention "secret police" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…高等警察Hochpolizeiないし特高(特別高等警察)ということもある。また,その活動や行動に秘密性を特徴とし,ほとんど無限定に常態するものを秘密警察secret policeという。支配的な政治勢力に不利益を与え,不服従的であると考えられる個人や団体の行動・思想を対象とし,その情報収集,監視,規制,弾圧および順化などを行うことによって,反対勢力の運動を孤立化,抹殺することを目的とする。…

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