特とく別べつ高こう等とう警けい察さつ

noun

Special Higher Police

Historical term for the Japanese police unit that existed from 1911 to 1945, tasked with controlling political thought and expression. Often abbreviated as 特高 (とっこう).

• 特とく別べつ高こう等とう警けい察さつは戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんで思し想そう統とう制せいを行おこなった。

  The Special Higher Police carried out thought control in prewar Japan.

• 特とっ高こうは特とく別べつ高こう等とう警けい察さつの略りゃく称しょうだ。

  Tokkō is an abbreviation for the Special Higher Police.