security official
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecurityandofficial
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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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official
adjective
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsecurity official
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I can understand that, in some cases, this should be a secondary measure, where an individual chooses not to be, as we say, frisked by asecurityofficial.
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The organization cited a formersecurityofficialat a kwanliso who worked there in the 1980s until the mid-1990s, and who confirmed these accounts.
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A publicsecurityofficialor a citizen could apprehend a suspect under emergency conditions, but a court or procuratorate was required to approve the arrest.
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Witnesses and onesecurityofficialhave since stated that the perpetrators travelled to the hotel in a delivery pick-up vehicle.
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He is asecurityofficial, though is shown to be buffoonish and incompetent, being unable to utilize martial arts at all.
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In addition, senior retired security officials write regular and op-ed articles in all major newspapers.
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There were also scenes from the hospital, as well as photographs of government and security officials.
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By now, former security officials served as ministers of education, science and development/technology, communication, health, foreign affairs, police, and, of course, defense.
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This is not to say, however, that security officials did not have major impact on policymaking in that period (discussed earlier).
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By then, former security officials were in charge of more areas, including trade, industry and development, and information.
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Expectations that the violence would endure, both among locals and the security officials, persisted well into 1980.
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In the latter two periods, retired security officials served as ministers of transportation, agriculture, and labor.
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This development was preceded by the monopolization of the position of defense minister by former security officials since 1967.
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We have also posited that retired security officials encourage conservatism in regard to security and military issues, and this finding, too, warrants further investigation.
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The next cabinet (1969-74) also had three retired security officials, whereas the next three cabinets, which followed the 1973 war and governed up until 1981, had five each.
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In the early decades of independence, former security officials were by and large absent from the state's highest formal policymaking body, the cabinet, in which civilians-mostly party officials- were predominant.
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