Securitate

securitate English Etymology From en ro Securitate (from ro securitate security), short for ro Direcţia Generală a Securităţii Poporului General Directorate for the Security of the People, later ro Departamentul Securităţii Statului Department for State Security. Pronunciation en /sɪkjʊəɹɪˈtɑːteɪ/ RP en /sɪkjʊɹɪˈtɑteɪ/ GA Proper noun en now _ historical The official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule. from 20th c. en Chris Stephen The Observer 19 Dec 1999 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. en 2012 John Sweeney (journalist) John Sweeney; ‘At War with Ceausescu’ Literary Review 399 Even our Securitate-approved minders went into a mental coma when we questioned the genius of the Genius of the Carpathians, Nicolae Ceauşescu. Translations Finnish: fi Securitate German: de Securitate f Polish: pl Securitate m n Romanian: ro Securitatea f definite, ro Departamentul Securității Statului f definite; official name en Romania