security detail

noun

A team, either privately hired or working for a government, that is assigned to provide personal security for an individual or group.

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Meanings

nounsecurity detail (plural security details)

plural security details

  1. A team, either privately hired or working for a government, that is assigned to provide personal security for an individual or group.

    There has been debate about whether Mr. Chew — who travels with a small security detail — is the controlling force at TikTok.

    2024 May 3, Jacob Bernstein, Madison Malone Kircher, Sapna Maheshwari, “TikTok’s Boss Goes From Reserved Tech Exec to Met Gala Chair”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 May 2024
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    The far-right leader, who was whisked from the scene by his security detail, sustained no injuries after his motorcade was attacked, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni wrote on X.

    2025 August 28, “Argentina’s president Milei pelted with rocks on campaign trail amid corruption scandal linked to sister”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2025
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see security, detail.
Cite this entry
APA

security detail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20detail

MLA

“security detail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20detail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “security detail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20detail.

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