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mutawa'een

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded

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hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. constabulary
  2. law
  3. police
  4. police force

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