high-security

adjective

: carefully locked, protected, or guarded
a high-security prison/facility

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Across the region, even some leaders who reject extreme measures are heeding the call for a tougher approach to crime by building new high-security prisons and ramping up arrests of gang leaders. Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 After she was found not guilty during a 2006 retrial by reason of insanity, she was committed to a high-security psychiatric hospital. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025 It is described on the Bureau of Prisons website as a high-security penitentiary. Annette McGivney, Outside, 9 Dec. 2025 According to various sources, unidentified drones were detected and shot down over a high-security French submarine base on Thursday (December 4). Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-security

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“High-security.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-security. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.

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