English

Proper noun

Securitate

1. (now historical) The official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule. [from 20th c.]
   • 1999, Chris Stephen, The Observer, 19 Dec 1999:

     My young interpreter scowls, inserting into her translation her own memories of six-hour queues to buy milk, and of the feared Securitate secret police.

   • 2012, John Sweeney, ‘At War with Ceausescu’, Literary Review, issue 399:

     Even our Securitate-approved minders went into a mental coma when we questioned the genius of the Genius of the Carpathians, Nicolae Ceauşescu.

Latin

Noun

sēcūritāte

1. ablative singular of sēcūritās

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin securitas through French sécurité

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se.ku.riˈta.te]

Noun

securitate f ‎(plural securități)

1. security

Declension

Antonyms

• insecuritate