security guard
noun
: a person whose job is to guard a place (such as a store or museum) and make sure the people and things in it are not harmed
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Closing time at a Charlotte strip club turned potentially deadly when a security guard opened fire on a man pointing a gun at him, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
Whitaker said officers received a call from security personnel at the motel that a man had pulled a fire alarm and hit a security guard, who then pursued him in the area behind medical offices on Delta Fair Boulevard.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Staff at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio, had called for help, alleging Jackson had assaulted a security guard.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
The assailant had joined Syria's internal security forces as a base security guard two months ago and recently been reassigned because of suspicions that he might be affiliated with IS, according to Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2025
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
Whitaker said officers received a call from security personnel at the motel that a man had pulled a fire alarm and hit a security guard, who then pursued him in the area behind medical offices on Delta Fair Boulevard.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
Staff at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio, had called for help, alleging Jackson had assaulted a security guard.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
The assailant had joined Syria's internal security forces as a base security guard two months ago and recently been reassigned because of suspicions that he might be affiliated with IS, according to Interior Ministry spokesperson Nour al-Din al-Baba.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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