police state

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My Tunisian friends were right: A police state looks stable only until the day it is not.
我的突尼斯朋友是對(duì)的：一個(gè)警察國(guó)家表面看起來(lái)穩(wěn)定，但終會(huì)有期。
Ever since the 2012 Olympics in London, Britain has become more and more of a database police state.
自2012年倫敦舉辦奧運(yùn)會(huì)后，英國(guó)就愈加明顯地成為一個(gè)信息數(shù)據(jù)的極權(quán)國(guó)家。
Yet the family had no illusions about the restrictions and dangers of life in the East German police state.
然而她的家庭對(duì)充滿限制與危險(xiǎn)的東德極權(quán)國(guó)家的不抱任何幻想。

He says this means establishing the rule of law, rejecting the idea of a police state and supporting the separation of power.
He says the government has turned this country into a police state and this is illegal.
Last year, the California Police Chiefs Association released a report on marijuana dispensaries in the state.

Iraq is no longer a dictatorship, though still something of a violent police state.
ECONOMIST: Iraq and the Pentagon

a country in which the government uses the police to severely limit people's freedom

A police state is a country in which the government controls people's freedom by means of the police, especially secret police.