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

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

“We want to give security to Israel and at the same time give the Palestinians their right to establish their independent state,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2015

In order to give security to people who, being strangers, were cautious in their dealings with him, he had deliberately deceived those who were connected with him, and dependent on him.

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. by Auerbach, Berthold