"securocracy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: securocracies [plural]
Etymology: security + -cracy (perhaps to rhyme with bureaucracy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|security|cracy}} security + -cracy, {{m|en|bureaucracy}} bureaucracy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} securocracy (countable and uncountable, plural securocracies)
  1. (uncountable) The police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-securocracy-en-noun-K6-Zvui9
  2. (countable) Any of the powerful security services of certain other governments in countries throughout the world. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-securocracy-en-noun-QmYCnfk7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cracy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: securocrat, securocratic

Inflected forms

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