Stasi

stasi English Etymology From en de Stasi, de Ministerium für Staatssicherheit Ministry for State Security 1 1. Pronunciation en /ˈstɑːzi/ /ˈʃtɑːzi/ en ɑːzi 2 Proper noun en Q153846 en historical The Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). en MSS<id:Q153846><qq:less common English calque> Noun * en derogatory One who engages in covert surveillence or similar activities associated with secret police. en July 3, 2014 Danbury News Times https://www.newstimes.com/opinion/article/Daniel-Ruth-Taking-a-byte-out-of-privacy-5599266.php Taking a byte out of privacy Daniel Ruth The Facebook Stasi then surreptitiously monitored the subscribers' writing to note changes in vocabulary to indicate mood swings. https://web.archive.org/web/20210623165616/https://www.newstimes.com/opinion/article/Daniel-Ruth-Taking-a-byte-out-of-privacy-5599266.php 23 June 2021 en derogatory One who imposes one's views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. en Nazi January 1, 2015 https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/katie-hopkins-views-are-now-considered-matters-for-law-enforcement-and-it-is-utterly-terrifying-9953339.html James Bloodworth Katie Hopkins' views are now considered matters for law enforcement, and it is utterly terrifying All vile and grossly insensitive certainly; but on balance I think I’m more afraid of the Twitter Stasi and their increasingly zealous police enforcers. https://web.archive.org/web/20260901032051/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/katie-hopkins-views-are-now-considered-matters-for-law-enforcement-and-it-is-utterly-terrifying-9953339.html 1 September 2026 en March 25, 2019 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/anne-sophie-schmidt-instagram-stealing-16911040 Daily Star Douglas Patient Blonde who claims far-right websites are stealing her photos threatens legal action After the image was removed, Mr Harlass shared the image of the couple, writing: "Apparently the Facebook Stasi has removed this wonderful, pure picture." https://web.archive.org/web/20221209003845/https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/anne-sophie-schmidt-instagram-stealing-16911040 9 December 2022 en June 19, 2020 The Volokh Conspiracy https://reason.com/2020/06/19/on-cancel-culture-and-civil-liberties/ On Cancel Culture and Civil Liberties David Bernstein I suspect the vast majority of us, on all points of the political spectrum, don't want to live in a society where Twitter Stasi are constantly looking for wrongthink to report to one's employer https://web.archive.org/web/20201019191219/https://reason.com/2020/06/19/on-cancel-culture-and-civil-liberties/ 19 October 2020 Translations East German Ministry for State Security Belarusian: be Шта́зі n Bulgarian: bg Ща́зи n Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 史塔西 Shǐtǎxī, cmn 斯塔西 Sītǎxī French: fr Stasi f German: de Stasi f Greek: el Στάζι n Italian: it Stasi Japanese: ja シュタージ Shutāji Korean: ko ^슈타지 Marathi: mr श्टाझी Russian: ru Шта́зи n Ukrainian: uk Шта́зі n Anagrams en aisst Satis Stais Tassi Tissa Tsais saist satis sista tasis en East Germany Organizations Espionage German Etymology From de Ministerium für Staatssicherheit Ministry for State Security. Pronunciation de /ˈʃtaːzi/ de De-Stasi.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f.article Stasi de Was der Staat heute über die Leute weiß, davon konnte die Stasi nur träumen. The Stasi could only have dreamt to know as much about people as the government does today. Derived terms de Stasifizierung de Stasimethoden de Stasi-Staat Noun f,s de derogatory anyone seen as restraining freedom of opinion and speech de Die Kommentar-Stasi hat meinen Beitrag gelöscht. The comment Stasi deleted my post. de derogatory anyone seen as violating people's private sphere and/or engaged in excessive data collection de Seit seiner Rente spielt mein Vater die Nachbarschaftsstasi. Since his retirement my father passes his time being the Stasi of the neighbourhood. Further reading de de Politics de syllabic abbreviations Italian it:+ (disambigua) Etymology 1 Patronymic or plural form of it Stasio. Proper noun mfbysense it Further reading stasi Etymology 2 it :bor de:Stasi it de Stasi. Proper noun it historical Stasi (the East German ministry of state security) Anagrams it aisst tassi tassì Polish Etymology pl 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Stasi.wav Proper noun proper noun form Stasia f