A state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the people, especially by means of a secret police force.

• 警察国家；极权国家：一种国家，其政府对人民的社会、经济和政治生活施行严格的而且是压迫性的控制，尤通过秘密的警察部队来实现