security force
Armed protective team
A security force is an organized group responsible for protection and maintaining order.
The term covers military units, police, private guards, and paramilitary organizations: The president deployed security forces to quell the protests.
In news coverage, security forces often refers euphemistically to government troops used against civilians.
- policeCivil law enforcement
- soldierArmed forces member
- tactical unitOrganized combat group
- bodyguardPaid personal security agent
- SWAT teamSpecialized police for high-risk situations
marine · sheriff · military police · peacekeeper · constable · patrol officer · customs officer · highway patrol · airman · crisis response team · hostage negotiator · national guard · detective · private investigator · border patrol · secret service · gendarme · sailor
- military forcesarmy, soldiers, troops, militias, reserve army
- armed groupsmilitia, guerrillas, insurgents, paramilitary, militias
- military basesFort Bragg, Fort Hood, military base, Fort Benning, naval base
security forceinsurgents
Those fighting established authority
attackers · invaders · aggressors · enemy combatants · marauders
security forcemob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
rioters · rebel faction · insurrectionists · revolutionaries · looters
security forcepeace movement
Campaign advocating nonviolent resolution
diplomatic corps · humanitarian workers · protest movement · nonviolent resistance · civil society
security, force, secure, securely, insecure, insecurity, securities, secured, securing