Meaning of Mukhabarat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.
   countable, uncountable
2. A member of such an organization.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“He was sallow, morose-looking, and wearing dark glasses indoors: a thoroughly bad sign⟳. A secret-police or Mukhabarat type⟳, bored and resentful and hard to shake⟳.”

“Leading Jordanian exponents of the Salafi-jihadi world view⟳, such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, are now behind bars or silent, fearing arrest by the powerful mukhabarat secret police.”

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