OVRA

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian OVRA with unknown full form. Speculated by some as initialism of Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism). === Proper noun === OVRA (history) The secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945. === See also === Gestapo Kenpeitai