security apparatus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecurityandapparatus
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security
noun
uk/sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us/səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by ...
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apparatus
noun
uk/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs/us/ˌæp.əˈræt̬.əs/
a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandapparatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The armed forces and other branches of thesecurityapparatushad been severely weakened.
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Once in power, the executive, the military, and thesecurityapparatusused violence to maintain their positions and forestall yet another coup.
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If anything, thesecurityapparatusof the state remains accountable to a mostly unspoken counterfactual: how much worse would things be without them?
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Reports by human rights groups indicate that thesecurityapparatushas not yet shown greater respect for human rights, especially in conflict-prone areas.
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Worse, the temptation to become partial, depending on which party to the conflict comes to supplement the logistical needs of thesecurityapparatus, became hard to resist.
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True, successful promotion of his own power renders his rejection of a penetrating bureaucracy ironic-and this irony tells us a great deal about bureaucratic autonomy in the state'ssecurityapparatus.
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Infrastructural investments were minimal, cash-crop production was discouraged and the area served mainly as a labor reserve for the south and a source of manpower for the colonialsecurityapparatus.
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Hamzeh's analysis of the party's socioeconomic organs, its leadership apparatus, and its military andsecurityapparatusis comprehensive.
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How could we set up an adequatesecurityapparatusto take its place?
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In other words, thesecurityapparatuswhich should guarantee stability, is divided over two camps.
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On the one hand, thesecurityapparatus, which, in recent years, has been starved of funds, must be topped up again.
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It is necessary to regulate the people who set upsecurityapparatusin other people's homes.
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The opposition has provided reports of executions without court proceedings and holds the government and itssecurityapparatusresponsible.
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The population still appeared to be at the complete mercy of the police and the regime'ssecurityapparatus.
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If we are to achieve that, a reform of the wholesecurityapparatuswill be needed.
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It will be at the heart of oursecurityapparatusin defending this country and providing information to practitioners and the public on the risks that we might face.
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Thesecurityapparatusis very extensive, exerting strict control over residence, travel, employment, clothing, food and family life.
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Ahidjo, relying on a pervasive internalsecurityapparatus, outlawed all political parties but his own in 1966.
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Bendigo has an enormoussecurityapparatusin place that is capable of dealing with threats that involve sovereign governments, but these threats are more personal.
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