police repression

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandrepression

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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repression
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈpreʃ.ən/us
/rɪˈpreʃ.ən/
the use of force or violence to control a group ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandrepressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reality ofpolicerepressionin 1961 was sufficiently brutal for there to be no need for unfounded exaggerations.
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A fortress of suspicion andpolicerepressionaligned against the persecuted people of this earth.
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During the pre-campaign phase and at the moment, however, we have seen an increase inpolicerepression, which is unacceptable.
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However, there is absolute silence about the unions, now threatened by the reform of labour legislation and, in certain cases, by outrightpolicerepression.
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The violentpolicerepressionof strikes caused many casualties.
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This was before the rise of syndicalism as an anarchist tactic, and after a long history ofpolicerepressionthat led many to despair.
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While he was arrested on several times and was a victim ofpolicerepression, he did not quit his studies.
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They also expressed solidarity with the camp againstpolicerepressionand urged a class perspective.
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Weathermen state this is in response topolicerepression.
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But these leaders had to sufferpolicerepressionand undergo imprisonment several times.
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Worker's strikes andpolicerepressionin the mid-1960s led to his class system-related concerns.
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A wave ofpolicerepressionfollowed, which prevented the party from functioning as a cohesive body for several years and ushered in a period of internal schisms and dissension.
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