high-security

adjective

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

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These advanced capabilities can detect an individual crossing a virtual boundary, expose suspicious loitering or unusual motion patterns across vast areas and even recognize unknown faces in high-security zones. Michael Evanoff, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Most of the migrants interviewed by the organization said they were placed in a high-security unit known as Camp 6, where each person was detained in two-by-three-meter cells, with a concrete bed and a sink-and-toilet combination. Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was wrongfully deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador, was notified by immigration authorities that he may be deported to Uganda, less than 24 hours after his release from federal custody. Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025 The Salvadoran man, who was mistakenly sent to the high-security CECOT prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration in March, was returned to the United States in June following a lengthy court battle to face the human smuggling charges tied to a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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