Securitate

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UK/sɪkjʊəɹɪˈtɑːteɪ/US/sɪkjʊɹɪˈtɑteɪ/

proper noun

The official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule.

OriginRomanian Securitate →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalThe official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule.First known use 20th c.

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

    2012, John Sweeney, ‘At War with Ceausescu’, Literary Review, number 399
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    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.

    1999 December 19, Chris Stephen, The Observer

Origin

  1. RomanianSecuritate
  2. EnglishSecuritate

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”).

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Translations

Finnish Securitate
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German Securitate
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Polish Securitate
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Romanian Securitatea, Departamentul Securității Statului
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  • Departamentul Securității StatuluiTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

Securitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Securitate

MLA

“Securitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Securitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Securitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Securitate.

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