In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SECUROCRAT
Etymology
Noun
securocrat (plural securocrats)
Any of the members of the police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
An influential official of the security services of any country.
Anagrams
• corruscate
Source: Wiktionary
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FOOTING
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”
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