noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a false sense of security (=a feeling that you are safe, which is not actually true)
▪ They were lulled into a false sense of security.
a false sense of security (=a feeling of being safe when you are not really safe)
▪ a false sense of security
a maximum security prison
▪ He was sent to a maximum security prison where prisoners are kept in their cells almost 23 hours a day.
a safety/security check
▪ The security checks at the airport can take a long time.
a security device (=designed to protect against crime)
▪ Cars today have better alarms and security devices.
a security measure (=something done to keep a place safe from danger or crime)
▪ Video surveillance cameras have been installed as a security measure.
a security precaution
▪ The threat of terrorist attacks has prompted some elaborate security precautions.
a security tag (=to prevent something being stolen)
▪ Expensive items such as leather jackets have security tags which have to be removed at the till.
a security/surveillance camera (=a camera that takes photographs of people in buildings or public places)
▪ He was seen on a car park security camera.
a sense of security (=a feeling that you are safe)
▪ A lack of trust in the parents can undermine the child's sense of security at home.
an alarm/security system
▪ A new alarm system has been installed.
an intruder/a security alarm
▪ The house has a system of security alarms.
be/live on social security (=be receiving money from the government)
for security reasons
▪ The road will be closed for security reasons.
from a security point of view
▪ The system is seriously flawed from a security point of view.
homeland security
internal security
▪ the threat to internal security
job security (=how permanent your job is likely to be)
▪ As an actor, he has very little job security.
lax security
▪ lax security
lulled...into a false sense of security (=made people think they were safe when they were not)
▪ Earthquakes here are rare and this has lulled people into a false sense of security .
minimum security prison
national security
▪ The number of people who join the army is so low that it is beginning to threaten national security.
peace and security
▪ The UN was designed to uphold global peace and security.
security arrangements
▪ He was in charge of security arrangements for the President’s visit.
security blanket
security clearance
▪ Morris did not have a security clearance.
security clearance
security conscious
▪ Most airports are extremely security conscious.
security cordon
▪ the security cordon around the capital
security deposit
security forces (=who protect a country against people who are fighting the government)
▪ The government claimed that the security forces had destroyed the rebels’ headquarters.
security guard
security guards
▪ There were two security guards on duty outside the building.
security light
security mom
▪ The soccer moms of the 1990s have become the security moms of today.
security personnel
▪ Security personnel have become more thorough in checking passengers' bags.
security risk
▪ After the bomb threat, it was considered too much of a security risk to let the races go ahead.
security service
Security...tight
▪ Security is always tight for the opening day of parliament.
social security
▪ social security benefits
the safety/security aspect
▪ the safety aspect of nuclear power generation
the security situation (=how safe a place is)
▪ Until the security situation improves, it is far too dangerous for staff to work there.
the UN Security Council (=for protecting a country or group of countries)
▪ the Security Council's peace plan
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
collective
▪ A tall order, but the price of failure could be the end of collective security for the West.
▪ It urges organized international action for disarmament, collective security and world peace. 3.
▪ To counteract Western influence Soviet officials advocated a system of collective security.
▪ The idea of collective security had emerged as a theme in Soviet policy in the 1950s.
▪ This put paid to Baldwin's attempt to pose as a champion of collective security.
▪ Peace, in other words, depends solely on collective security.
▪ Nation states could only coexist peaceably if a strong collective security arrangement were respected by all.
economic
▪ At present, managerial decisions are guided by the quest for economic security.
▪ The increase in economic security and the increase in economic product are accomplished facts.
▪ What economic security there might be depended on a strong overlordship.
▪ As noted above, a high level of production is essential for the economic security of workers, farmers and businessmen.
▪ She is the link between economic survival and the meaning of life, between economic security and emotional security.
▪ Savings provide individuals with economic security and provide capital for growth.
▪ Other agreements concluded at the summit covered economic and joint security issues.
▪ And a high level of production is indispensable for economic security.
false
▪ Gone is the wide fast road and its dangerous crossing, where the stripes gave walkers a false sense of security.
▪ We had been lulled into a false sense of security.
▪ An attempt to lull him into a false sense of security.
▪ The entire procedure would give a false sense of security.
▪ They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security.
▪ The false security offered by a gang?
▪ The reported wind speeds gave everyone a false sense of security.
▪ But, encased in the false security of her new-found happiness, she had never guessed.
financial
▪ We like to know that we have financial security, family security and health security.
▪ There is no quick or easy way to financial security or success.
▪ But it could mean the difference between financial security and financial disaster for you and your family should a serious accident strike.
▪ In the long haul, Rex wanted what we all want, a measure of financial security.
▪ And these are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself if you want to be sure of financial security!
▪ What kind of financial security could he offer?
▪ A marriage begun without financial security looks hazardous to the poet, let alone where the man seems cunning and manipulative.
▪ He was seeking financial security for Connie and the family, but he was seeking so much more.
foreign
▪ Rogue nations, it is clear, are the cornerstone of Mr Bush's still unstable foreign and security edifice.
▪ All of them are dismissive of the foreign and security policy of the Clinton years.
▪ But eight foreign securities firms are already operating in Seoul.
▪ At the same time the Finance Ministry had started to sell its holdings of foreign securities in order to finance imports.
▪ The need both for foreign and domestic security was evident to all.
▪ That role involved two primary and overriding responsibilities: to guarantee domestic and foreign security.
▪ Closer co-operation is also sought in foreign and security policy, although this is given a rather low priority.
great
▪ Financing buyouts has, however, retained its popularity given the greater security involved in such a deal.
▪ It also provides greater security against cloning and eavesdropping than the traditional cellular, which uses analog signals.
▪ It would carry rather better terms and far greater security and job satisfaction than the association could offer at that time.
▪ Consequently, their search for greater security has been notorious.
▪ On the other hand, well paid or not you will not enjoy great security.
▪ In addition, fiber optic transmission offers greater security from illegal signal tapping.
▪ Bondholders have begun demanding event risk protection or greater security in the form of asset-backing.
internal
▪ The landowners were able to express their views on problems of internal security, foreign affairs, and taxation increases.
▪ As the confederation moved toward constitutional government, issues of internal security were found to require careful consideration.
▪ The lord lieutenancy was originally devised by the Tudors as a means of internal security.
▪ An initial preoccupation was co-operation over economic development, but later priorities were internal security and defence.
▪ The second was the problem of internal security.
▪ He graduated from Moscow University with degrees in psychology and political science and joined the internal security.
▪ The Governor, representing the sovereign, is responsible for external affairs, defence and internal security.
▪ Calcutta was then beset with unrest, and Hoppy was kept busy on internal security.
maximum
▪ We have the latest in security barriers and close circuit cameras for your car's maximum security.
▪ It finds her in a maximum security prison on a far-off planet.
▪ The film is in two sections - the population section and the maximum security section.
▪ The transmitter offers thousands of radio frequency coded options for maximum security.
▪ The Skibo Castle nuptials are surrounded by maximum security and secrecy.
▪ She looked tiny, sitting between two female staff from Rampton maximum security hospital in the middle of the large dock.
▪ For maximum security, a matching hardwood door frame is recommended. our feature shows the fitting of both frame and door.
▪ The maximum social security payments for older people living in residential care homes are lower than for younger, physically handicapped people.
national
▪ That seems absurd. National security is terribly important.
▪ Far from diversity diverting our focus from national security issues, it strengthens us as an agency.
▪ Did an accumulation of arms contribute to national security or undermine it by encouraging opponents to follow suit?
▪ Nor, despite its supposed importance in terms of national security, is it very well paid.
▪ Not only is it an urgent national security issue, it must be treated as such.
social
▪ Whatever the difficulties, I wanted the social security review off Thursday's Cabinet agenda.
▪ My resolve to set up an inquiry into the social security system was strengthened by one other important factor.
▪ Thirdly the recession has created high unemployment, with an increase in demand for social security and unemployment benefit.
▪ He has struggled on social security to bring up Louis with girlfriend Debbie Blount.
▪ Many social security benefits are also taxable.
▪ Further impending changes in government legislation may make the pressure experienced during the social security changes seem almost normal.
▪ The system of social security which varies widely from country to country is another important influence when international comparisons are made.
▪ They get £54 social security, plus £10.50 child benefit.
tight
▪ The promoters are promising tight security to prevent ravers leaving the site.
▪ He was also starting to rebel against the tight security.
▪ The confusions of war, the tight security covering the country, made communication difficult.
▪ As I look back on it, the whole episode showed the need for tighter security screening.
▪ Amid tight security, Francis Mullen and his younger brother James appeared before Liverpool city magistrates.
▪ Statewide, $ 13 million was appropriated for tighter security at existing prisons.
▪ Critics include the panel charged with reviewing how tighter security measures might affect freedoms and civil rights.
■ NOUN
adviser
▪ Condoleezza Rice, as national security adviser, can supply both.
▪ His national security adviser, Mr Brent Scowcroft, is the Midgetman's father.
▪ But the newly appointed national security adviser has been assiduously built into a prominent player in the Bush team.
▪ None the less, Zahedi had easy access to Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carters national security adviser.
▪ Deputy national security adviser Sandy Berger and deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes also are candidates.
arrangement
▪ It can not be excluded from regional security arrangements if stability is to be achieved in oil flows from Gulf oil producers.
▪ Apart from the basic security arrangements that we're probably all familiar with by now, he offered some interesting information.
▪ A radio link kept them in touch with the police emergency centre and the Superintendent in charge of the security arrangements.
▪ It also argued for collective security arrangements as a means of building confidence and security in the region.
▪ Patrick escaped from the party on the excuse that he needed to check up on some security arrangements.
▪ The planned security arrangements will make Prague look as if a state of emergency has been introduced.
▪ In effect, however, it can not continue to exclude non-Arab states from the security arrangements it hopes to create.
benefit
▪ Table 3.21 gives a picture of the expenditure on the various social security benefits in Great Britain for 1980.
▪ The government is also forcing ranchers to pay promised wages and social security benefits.
▪ The ones listed below give more detailed information about social security benefits.
▪ Many social security benefits are also taxable.
▪ Fourth, social security benefits are so generous that many people are financially better off out of work than at work.
▪ The proposed reforms in the delivery of social security benefits to customers is a case in point.
▪ Consider in Figure 6.4 the situation where all of the social security benefits are financed by payroll contributions by the employee.
▪ In Jobling, the plaintiff might have been able to claim social security benefits to partially compensate for his losses.
camera
▪ And there is speculation that crucial evidence may also be gleaned from a security camera in operation close to the scene.
▪ Several doors had been propped open with garbage cans, and footage from the security cameras was missing.
▪ This series of photographs was taken by a security camera at the Leeds Building Society.
▪ Prosecutors never showed jurors the pictures taken of the suspect by a bank security camera, saying they were too fuzzy.
▪ The roster, till rolls and security cameras were examined in Thresher's own internal investigation.
▪ Door buzzers and security cameras, rusty from 17 months' of disuse, are ringing and clicking again at bars.
▪ The pictures were captured by the city centre security cameras installed in Gloucester earlier this year.
▪ There was no evidence of security cameras, fire extinguishers, or emergency procedures.
clearance
▪ The challenge had come from Justice Department lawyers with top secret security clearances and from civilian Army drug counsellors.
▪ The secrecy touches all who work there; even the cafeteria staffers must have security clearances.
▪ Excuse me Major but I don't know you or your security clearance.
▪ Thompson still is hiring and getting security clearances for his investigative staff and finding space for them to work.
▪ A visitor without security clearance must be signed for by the sponsor and accompanied at all times.
▪ In preparation for his job at Commerce, Huang received an interim security clearance while he was still working at Lippo.
▪ He has dropped homosexuality as an impediment to security clearances.
▪ Another son, Ron, is a Lockheed employee with a security clearance.
council
▪ We're prepared to cooperate fully with any security council inquiry.
▪ No other permanent security council member is likely to want to get involved.
▪ The national security council heard calls for resources to be redirected from the elite nuclear forces to beef up conventional arms spending.
▪ The security council members took care to meet over the crisis in secret session.
▪ The affair has revealed new diplomatic developments outside the security council.
▪ The United Nations security council has set up a commission of inquiry.
firm
▪ At the interview Buckmaster had explained he was founding a new security firm specializing in protecting high-risk and valuable cargoes.
▪ All of those charged Wednesday work for small securities firms, many of which have had several run-ins with regulators.
▪ Conflict: Because the bank is affiliated with the securities firm it has an interest in the success of the underwriting activity.
▪ My guess is he's moved across to some private security firm - the sort they use for unattributable jobs like this.
▪ That would have fueled a disastrous crash that would cripple banks and securities firms and lead to a deep recession.
▪ The Secretary of State should make a statement about private security firms guarding the nation's military establishments.
▪ The amount of bonds being offered for sale by securities firms in the secondary market remained low.
force
▪ Part of the reason is the government's effort to strengthen the security forces.
▪ La Tribune and Le Matin said security forces later in the day had killed all the gunmen responsible.
▪ Frequent curfew and the security forces make trade almost impossible.
▪ The most important thing for me is building our state and our security forces.
▪ All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.
▪ We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee.
▪ The amendment also specified that candidates had to have resigned from the armed forces or security forces.
▪ The key players in the destruction are the security forces and local government officials.
forces
▪ He said security forces were out in strength but did not intervene.
▪ La Tribune and Le Matin said security forces later in the day had killed all the gunmen responsible.
▪ Frequent curfew and the security forces make trade almost impossible.
▪ I was right on schedule, and so were the security forces.
▪ All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.
▪ In these states, the security forces enjoy legal immunity from prosecution for offences committed while on duty.
▪ Four people were reported killed and hundreds wounded in violent street battles between miners and security forces.
▪ When the security forces had tortured these peasants, she had stood by them and denounced the crimes.
guard
▪ Their aim was to subdue security guards and cut paintings from their frames.
▪ But Thursday morning beaming managers were replaced by stern security guards who refused to even let workers into the building.
▪ He devoted weeks to spying on security guards and doing trials with weights and parachutes.
▪ One of those hostages was James Lopez, a Marine security guard from Globe.
▪ The sun is burning, the crowd is going noisily mental and the security guards are looking anxious.
▪ The president of Shawmut Bank gave her a badge and made her an honorary security guard.
▪ Last autumn some one slashed hydraulic hoses on logging equipment inside the ranch, even though private security guards were on patrol there.
▪ Then came the barbed wire, the security guards.
issue
▪ Although some trade frictions were discussed, the agenda was dominated by security issues.
▪ But Internet sales are being delayed until kinks can be smoothed out, as well as security issues.
▪ Chapter 4 showed that television's issue agenda was generally biased towards security issues when compared with the electorate's own agenda.
▪ Certainly none of these can be accused of being soft on national security issues.
▪ Nevertheless, national security issues and the incidence of military conflict remain highly significant.
▪ In fact, security issues go far beyond what is technologically controllable.
▪ Then there are anxieties over harder security issues, although these may well have less foundation.
▪ Not only is it an urgent national security issue, it must be treated as such.
job
▪ I have a poor salary, no job security, and scant recognition of my skills.
▪ But workers here are accustomed to lifetime employment and see the provisions as a major threat to their job security.
▪ The issue - over working hours and job security - remains unresolved.
▪ A swingman has to earn his job security.
▪ It was the only way he believed that both company performance and job security could be assured.
▪ If he has no regard at all for the welfare of patients, does he have regard for his job security?
▪ Highest priority would be placed on maintained job security.
man
▪ Both the driver and the passenger were armed and fired several rounds before being shot dead by security men.
▪ The feelings in the hall were so intense that a wall of security men had moved around the Illinois delegation.
▪ He glanced towards Rain but she took the lofty view that bribing security men was not her concern.
▪ He sat against the wall, fifteen feet behind the prisoner, with a security man in plainclothes.
▪ As Brassard was leaving, he warned the security man at the front entrance that Celia was expecting a visitor.
▪ Had the security men allowed it, he would have been mobbed once more by delighted crowds.
▪ They surged forward but were held back by two very large and determined security men.
▪ Well, that security man was Leonard, and he liked and trusted her.
measure
▪ New security measures, including video surveillance cameras, come into force on the city's bus fleet this week.
▪ After an inspection, federal officials ordered additional security measures, including moving Guzman to a higher-security area.
▪ Although we are all aware of relatively simple security measures such as password controls, doing a thorough job requires experience and expertise.
▪ Its legacy: changes in employment policies, more security measures and more money from the legislature for improvements.
▪ Shoplifting and robberies forced the company to spend heavily on expensive security measures.
▪ Critics include the panel charged with reviewing how tighter security measures might affect freedoms and civil rights.
▪ Simple security measures - such as fitting good locks to doors and accessible windows - can cost as little as £150.
▪ He says that they've hired security guards, and taken other security measures.
officer
▪ Do not overlook porters, caretaking staff, security officers, and so on.
▪ Another money-saver will be a single dispatching service for base security officers.
▪ Social security officers can discriminate negatively because they are encouraged to be vigilant to prevent fraud and abuse.
▪ The women signaled for security officers, who arrived after he left.
▪ Suddenly, cars swerved to block the road, and dozens of security officers fanned out through the crowd.
▪ Such a nightmare was enough to make even the most fearless security officer break out in a cold sweat.
official
▪ Social security officials suggested that they sell some of their furniture and the television before receiving help.
▪ But security officials also noted several signs of amateurish work.
▪ We only broke for the night on the promise of a further meeting next day together with social security officials.
▪ Casino security officials said their forces were beefed by a third, but they had little trouble during the game.
▪ And people believe security officials closely monitor the speeches.
▪ But he bears the responsibility for hiring Livingstone in the first place instead of a career security official.
▪ Co-ordinated attacks on security officials and politicians over the past few weeks indicate that the once-bumbling extremists are growing more sophisticated.
▪ Authorities also have interviewed 71 prison employees, mostly security officials and guards.
policy
▪ Where were all those people in charge of security policy here.
▪ In short, many corporations and data centers have computing security policies and practices that dictate how data must be protected.
▪ For the past 23 years Unionists have been saying exactly the same thing with regard to both security policy and political policy.
▪ A firewall is an embodiment of this security policy.
▪ Indeed, security is a primary concern of most users, but all free email services offer some form of security policy.
▪ All of them are dismissive of the foreign and security policy of the Clinton years.
▪ We will intensify the co-ordination of security policies within the Twelve.
▪ Neither can we accept that Community foreign and security policy should be decided by majority voting.
reason
▪ Also missing is the Hope diamond, for security reasons.
▪ Therefore, there was a national security reason for the committee to determine membership in the party.
▪ The date of their overnight trip to Sonoma County will not be announced in advance for security reasons.
▪ For security reasons, he insisted that Coleman change his telephone number and arrange for a new mailing address.
▪ For security reasons, the government is not saying anything more about the profiling system, she added.
▪ He can't be identified for security reasons.
▪ The Irises was left on show for an extra fortnight but removed last week for security reasons, according to Mr Cross.
risk
▪ Bobby Kennedy declared Sinatra's home a security risk, and the President had to cancel his stay at the Sinatra mansion.
▪ Windows 95 users will want to explore some built-in security risks in that software.
▪ Decorative projecting bricks, alcoves, wrought iron gates, and so on, are a security risk.
▪ It is hard for me to imagine how you could say they present a security risk.
▪ The Northern authorities confirmed tonight they wouldn't be switching the tie despite the obvious security risk.
▪ The investigations are intended to prevent spies, criminals, security risks and other undesirables from entering government.
▪ Apparently they regarded Churchill as a poor security risk.
▪ On paper, Jack Edward Dunlap was the ideal security risk.
service
▪ The most troubling of these measures is the first, which is presumably for the benefit of the security services.
▪ Citibank is the largest provider of securities services in the world.
▪ But this resistance is weakened in the present context by allegations of misuse of power by the security services.
▪ It recommended merging the three, often competitive, branches of the security services, as well as disarming the gendarmerie.
▪ Politically, power drifted toward the security services ... while the inner life of the Communist parties petrified.
▪ There was, however, no quota on the number of warrants issued to the security services.
▪ You move into a group of houses within a walled compound, provided with all the security services you require.
state
▪ On July 29 a general amnesty was reported for detainees accused of harming state security.
▪ Defendants have no right of appeal at state security courts.
▪ It also defined the judicial rights of citizens in respect of unjustified actions by state security bodies.
▪ Men well established in state security.
▪ Gen. Khan Aqa, deputy head of state security, was killed by a car bomb in Kabul on Nov. 3.
▪ Absence of the human in daily transactions -- having been replaced by soulless rituals of technocracy, institutions, and state security.
▪ Instead of money, it would give the banks new state securities that were supposed to be even more valuable.
system
▪ Remember - the best security systems only work when you use them!
▪ The techniques he used to breach computer security systems remain available to others.
▪ The incomes thought to be needed exceeded the amounts available under the social security system by 61 percent.
▪ We made it clear that what we wanted was a better social security system and not just a cheaper one.
▪ It was a simple social security system.
▪ Will he confirm that many aspects of social security systems in other countries compare unfavourably with ours?
▪ Third, the major impact of disability on older people must be recognised within the social security system.
▪ We've fitted a compact disc player and protected it with a new security system.
zone
▪ In a large fenced-off security zone, drums pile up to the level of a two storey house.
▪ Meanwhile, Sharpness Docks themselves became an annual security zone after the dockside cranes had been occupied by opponents of the dumping.
■ VERB
deal
▪ The insider must deal in securities on a recognized stock exchange, which includes dealing in securities through an investment exchange.
▪ Farrington Stead dealt in gilt-edged securities, investments also offered by Barlow Clowes which went into liquidation in June 1988 owing £190million.
provide
▪ The subsistence economy, however, provides security for irregular workers.
▪ The Army has boarded over windows, installed motion detectors and lighting, and provided 24-hour security.
▪ The aim is to provide security of capital with an attractive and rising level of income.
▪ In theory, we were providing security.
▪ It will provide security and real-time features required by government intelligence and defence agencies, Department of Defense contractors and others.
▪ If we ask you to provide security, the cost of completing the legal formalities, will be passed on to you.
▪ Social insurance fully developed may provide income security: it is an attack upon Want.
▪ Second, the charge provides security against unsecured creditors.
tighten
▪ Wardair yesterday accepted responsibilty and disclosed plans to tighten security.
▪ This move to tighten security is good news for card users.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Social Security
▪ an increase in spending on Social Security and Medicare
▪ Can you write your Social Security number in the box please?
▪ How'd you find it, living on Social Security?
▪ Once I've paid for my rent and food, most of my Social Security is used up.
▪ The government faces strong opposition to its proposals to cut Social Security payments.
▪ After two years of being on experimental drugs for her epilepsy, Harlan got on Medicare via Social Security disability.
▪ Decisions of tribunals may be appealed to the Social Security Commissioners on a point of law.
▪ However, I have an equally strong conviction that a balanced-budget amendment is a threat to Social Security and our economic health.
▪ Last but certainly not least, Social Security and Medicare have been very good deals for participants.
breach of security
▪ Who was responsible for the breach of security that alerted the garrison at Benghazi has never been established.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Security has been increased at all airports in the wake of the attacks.
▪ a high security prison
▪ A salesclerk called security.
▪ A uniformed security man met them at the gate.
▪ For the security of passengers, all hand baggage is carefully checked.
▪ His wide-eyed innocence had lulled me into a false sense of security.
▪ Parenting is about giving a child security and love.
▪ Strict security measures were in force during the President's visit.
▪ There is tight security at the airport and all baggage is being searched.
▪ They need to improve security here - anyone could just walk in.
▪ Your paycheck is deposited directly into your account for greater security.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He missed, killing a security guard.
▪ If we get a place, we got ta pay maybe three months' rent, security.
▪ Instead of a real agenda, Dodd offers generalities about opportunity, job security and growth.
▪ Social security, unemployment compensation, welfare, Medicare, food stamps, and public housing are examples.
▪ The insider must deal in securities on a recognized stock exchange, which includes dealing in securities through an investment exchange.
▪ Their ordeal ended when a bank security guard spotted something suspicious on a television monitor and raised the alarm.
▪ We applied the same principles that would apply to these securities regardless of who issued them.