1) Form of government 2) Fuzzy area 3) Oppressive regime 4) Place with a lot of heat 
Russell Alexander Alger Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress ... Police state is a term that originally designated a state regulated by a civil administration, but since the middle of the 20th Century, the term has `taken on the emotional and derogatory meaning of a government that exercises power arbitrarily through the police.` The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and.....
[n] - a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
noun a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)