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morality police

morality police noun: a police force tasked with enforcing a specific moral code, especially a religious one.

Noun

morality police (uncountable)

  1. A police force tasked with enforcing a specific moral code, especially a religious one.
    • Ms. Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman known as Jina in Kurdish, was stopped on Sept. 13 by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s morality police as she came out of Tehran’s Haghani metro station.2022 September 30, Mahsa Alimardani, Kendra Albert, Afsaneh Rigot, “Big Tech Should Support the Iranian People, Not the Regime”, in The New York Times
    • The morality police—known as the Gasht-e Ershad or "Guidance Patrol"—were established under president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to "spread the culture of modesty and hijab". The units began patrols in 2006.2022 December 4, Mallika Soni, “Iran abolishes controversial morality police amid huge anti-hijab unrest: Report”, in Hindustan Times

Questions about morality police

What does morality police mean?
Morality police means a police force tasked with enforcing a specific moral code, especially a religious one.
What part of speech is morality police?
Morality police is a noun.

Words near morality police in the dictionary

  1. moralists
  2. moralities
  3. morality
  4. morality play
  5. morality plays
  6. morality police
  7. morality tale
  8. morality tales
  9. moralization
  10. moralizations
  11. moralize

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