securocracy
English
Etymology
security + -cracy (perhaps to rhyme with bureaucracy.
Noun
securocracy (countable and uncountable, plural securocracies)
- (uncountable) The police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
- (countable) Any of the powerful security services of certain other governments in countries throughout the world.
Related terms
- securocrat
- securocratic