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 declared the eastern bank liberated on Jan. 24, but paused the offensive to give security forces a chance to recuperate.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2017

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 Lucas, Charles Prestwood