Meaning of morality police | Babel Free
Definitions
A police force tasked with enforcing a specific moral code, especially a religious one.
uncountable
Equivalents
Deutsch
Sittenpolizei
Français
police des mœurs
Nederlands
zedenpolitie
Русский
поли́ция нра́вов
Svenska
sedlighetspolis
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.