Definition of Public security

1. Noun. The general security of public places. "He was arrested for disturbing the peace"

Exact synonyms: Peace
Generic synonyms: Security
Derivative terms: Pacify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Security

public ownership
public policies
public policy
public presentation
public press
public property
public prosecutor
public record
public relations
public relations man
public relations person
public school
public schools
public sector
public sectors
public security (current term)
public servant
public servants
public service
public service announcements
public services
public speaker
public speaking
public square
public telephone
public toilet
public transit
public transits
public transport

Literary usage of Public security

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... viz., that it is prejudicial to public security and injurious to the interests of society at large, rather than to those of the individual. ..."

2. The History of America by William Robertson (1821)
"II. The qualities of their minds. III. Their domestic state. IV. Their political state and institutions. V. Their system of war, and public security. VI. ..."

3. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"public security. The choice of the proper season is of the greatest importance in determining the success of a visit to Greece. ..."

4. Chinese Law: A Bibliography of Selected English-Language Materials by Constance A. Johnson (1990)
"Microfiche 1011 Guangdong finances public security with levies, fees. ... Microfiche 1011 Guo Dawei reports on Liaoning public security work. ..."

5. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Extraordinary Situation of France.—Explanation of the Anomaly which it exhibited. —System of Terror.—Committee of Public Safety—Of public security. ..."

6. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Committee of Public Safety—Of public security.—David the Painter.—Law against suspected Persons.—Revolutionary Tribunal.—Effects of the Emigration of the ..."

7. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"... public security ; the woman and the foster-child; the copper cups ; the tufa of the Bretwalda. — League of the Saxons and Britons of ..."

8. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1898)
"public security. Beggars. Gratuities are not customary in the few national ... public security in the towns of Spain is on the same level as in most other ..."

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