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From Romanian Securitate (from securitate (“security”)), short for Direcția Generală a Securității Poporului (“General Directorate for the Security of the People”), later Departamentul Securității Statului (“Department for State Security”).
First known use, by meaning
- from 20th c. The official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.