特とっ高こう

noun

Special Higher Police

Historical abbreviation for 特別高等警察, the prewar Japanese police unit that monitored political thought and expression (1911–1945).

See also: 特別高等警察

• 戦せん前ぜん、特とっ高こうは思し想そう犯はんを取とり締しまっていた。

  Before the war, the Special Higher Police cracked down on thought crimes.