PUBLIC SECURITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public security mean? 

• PUBLIC SECURITY (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC SECURITY has 1 sense:

1. the general security of public places

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC SECURITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC SECURITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The general security of public places

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

peace; public security

Context example:

he was arrested for disturbing the peace

Hypernyms ("public security" is a kind of...):

security (the state of being free from danger or injury)