Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mutawa'een

1 sense of mutawa'een

Sense 1
Mutawa'een, Mutawa -- (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)
       => police, police force, constabulary, law -- (the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him")