give security
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In his first address as acting president, a speech broadcast on television, Ranil Wickremesinghe said the order would give security forces sweeping powers to detain anyone who violates a nationwide, 24-hour curfew.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
The government is planning to introduce new legislation to give security services greater powers and is considering a new law requiring people working on behalf of foreign states to formally register their activities.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2020
Other efforts broadly aimed at containing foreign influences include new national-security and counterterrorism laws that outline threats to China’s interests and give security forces stronger legal footing to curb them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2016
In a report to the court, anthropologist, Irma Alicia Velasquez Nimatuj said "The military outposts were installed in the region to give security to the landowner's farms and to take possession of the lands. "
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2016
His task was to give security to the harried frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania, and to clear the French out of the Ohio valley.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Charles Prestwood Lucas
