game law
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5.3
- noun
- /ɡeɪm lɔ/
- Formal
- Hunters must familiarize themselves with their state's game law to ensure they follow the hunting regulations.
- fish and game law
Examples
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The annual review of game laws is important to protect wildlife populations from overhunting.
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Violating game law can result in heavy fines and possible jail time for poachers.
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The game warden obviously was out on a mission to arrest somebody for violating the game laws, whatever those were, and it would serve the criminal right, too.
Fiction book (1995) -
He hunted year-round with no regard for game laws.
Fiction book (2001) -
Named for Iowa Congressman John Lacey, the 1900 legislation federalized state game laws by making it illegal to bag game in breach of one state's laws and transport it to another state.
Academic text (2011) -
It soon became apparent that almost everyone in the county had all along believed in strict adherence to the fish-and-game laws and had only been awaiting proper motivation to put that belief into practice.
Fiction book (1995) -
While Denomie described labor laws rather than laws that regulated treaty-related activities such as game laws, it appears that the activity may have been considered a minuscule concern by the states and groups such as sports hunters and fishers that pushed for such laws.
Academic text (2009) -
In the twentieth century, state governments illegally infringed on Chippewa treaty rights through the enforcement of fish and game laws targeting Indians on and off reservations.
Academic text (2009) -
After 1890, states increasingly imposed the power to enforce state game laws on and off the reservation using the General Allotment Act, which stated under section 6 that Indians who took allotments were subject to both criminal and civil laws of the state or territory under which they resided.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.0
A rule made by a government that people must follow
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally 'law' concerning 'game', so if a learner knows 'game' in the sense of video games the meaning ('laws about games/platforms') is predictable. However, the provided constituent definition of 'game' (wild animals pursued for sport) leads to a different, hunting-related interpretation, so the intended modern sense is not fully transparent to a B1 learner without additional context or sense knowledge.
Etymology
Game law started as rules to protect wild animals people hunted, called game. These rules set hunting seasons and limits so animals would not disappear, so 'game law' today means the laws that control hunting and protect wildlife.