security contractor

collocation in English

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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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contractor
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈtræk.tər/us
/ˈkɑːn.træk.tɚ/
a person or company that arranges to supply materials or workers for building or for ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandcontractorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecurity contractor

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That will be arranged to suit each site and will provide fully satisfactory protection, and the companies will benefit from the larger resources available to thesecuritycontractor.
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He also works as an independentsecuritycontractor.
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As has been asked already, does that apply to private security contractors?
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We do not see why it should not be possible for those with responsibility for security of power stations to use private security contractors should they wish to do so.
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Security contractors do not generally provide direct support of military operations.
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The main focus of the security contractors were oil industry sites.
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Manchin has introduced legislation to reduce the use of overseas service and security contractors.
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Allegedly, those calls were to local security contractors, who say that the annex was also notified much earlier than 9:40 p.m., when the attack started.
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Security companies themselves are sometimes referred to as security contractors, but this is not common due to confusion with private military contractors, who operate under a different auspice.
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That will be arranged to suit each site and will provide fully satisfactory protection, and the companies will benefit from the larger resources available to thesecuritycontractor.
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He also works as an independentsecuritycontractor.
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As has been asked already, does that apply to private security contractors?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We do not see why it should not be possible for those with responsibility for security of power stations to use private security contractors should they wish to do so.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Security contractors do not generally provide direct support of military operations.
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Wikipedia
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The main focus of the security contractors were oil industry sites.
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Manchin has introduced legislation to reduce the use of overseas service and security contractors.
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Following a one-sided shootout, the ship was seized and the unarmed security contractors abandoned ship leaving the ship and crew to the pirates.
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Allegedly, those calls were to local security contractors, who say that the annex was also notified much earlier than 9:40 p.m., when the attack started.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Security companies themselves are sometimes referred to as security contractors, but this is not common due to confusion with private military contractors, who operate under a different auspice.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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