English Explanatory Dictionary

securocrat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the members of the police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
  2. An influential official of the security services of any country.

Word forms

securocrat securocrats

Etymology

From security + -crat (perhaps to rhyme with bureaucrat).

Related words

securocracy silovik
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