Enemy of the state
- For the movie, see Enemy of the State.
An enemy of the state is a person accused of certain crimes against the state, such as treason. Falsely describing individuals in this way is often a manifestation of political repression. For example, an authoritarian regime may purport to maintain national security by describing social or political dissidents as "enemies of the state".
- In the case of Ancient Rome, see "Proscription".
- In the Soviet Union during the period of Stalinism, the corresponding term was Enemy of the people.
- For a prominent example in fiction, see Emmanuel Goldstein.
- An Enemy of the State (ISBN 1573928097) is the title of a book about Murray Rothbard by Justin Raimondo.
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Crimes | Political repression