Meaning of securocrat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the members of the police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
2. An influential official of the security services of any country.

Examples

“I am a securocrat, it’s people like⟳ me, in the security services, people with a narrow responsibility for counter-terrorism. It is better for that to be defined by wider society and not securocrats.”

“Washington and its partners need⟳ to work⟳ out how to talk⟳ to Xi's new cohort of technocrats, securocrats and ideologues.”

CEFR level