enforcement
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3.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈfɔːrsmənt/
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aplicación
- Strict enforcement of the speed limit will help reduce traffic accidents.
- law enforcement
- enforcement officer
- policy enforcement
We need new norms and rules and enforcement mechanisms.
- We need new norms and rules and enforcement mechanisms.
- So we might, on the one hand, have mechanisms of enforcement that are intrapersonal.
- And I think the second piece is the the question of enforcement.
- Nothing changes, in part because neither party will fund border enforcement.
- And about two weeks after being in the US, our house gets raided by law enforcement.
- And the best enforcement mechanism is admiration and desire and social renown.
- Most of them working for law enforcement in Mexico.
- It says a lot about law enforcement and and potentially more.
- There hasn't been one charge legally like like law enforcement hasn't been involved.
Examples
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We need new norms and rules and enforcement mechanisms.
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The process often involves the courts, law enforcement, medical providers, schools, families, and children.
Academic text (2011) -
And this is what law enforcement does, all right?
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Well, you need some sort of enforcement power.
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Once and for all, the top men in law enforcement are united.
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You need a rule of law, a good judicial system, enforcement of contracts.
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We have contacts in law enforcement.
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The key difference is in the enforcement of the aforementioned rules.
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For all its influence in American law enforcement, the FBI was a comparatively small organization.
Fiction book (1996) -
Sungai Wain's success is clearly due to the carrot-and-stick approach: tough enforcement coupled with education and development programs.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
660
3.2
The work police do to stop crime, find criminals, and make people obey the law
Antonyms
Compounds
660
3.2
The work police do to stop crime, find criminals, and make people obey the law
50
3.1
A group that makes sure people follow rules and stops crime and finds who did it
A United States government agency that enforces laws about illegal drugs
- Formal
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3.4
A United States agency that enforces laws about illegal drugs and arrests people who sell them
An agency of the European Union that helps police in member countries work together to fight serious crime
A United States government school that trains officers from federal law enforcement agencies
A part of the US government that works to stop money laundering and other crimes with money
Money spent to check that people follow a contract and to act if they break it
How Strict
- Formal
484
1.4
- Literature
73
5.6
3
6.6
912
3.9
340
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word enforcement comes from the parts en- meaning 'in' or 'into' and force meaning 'strength' or 'power', the same 'force' you know in English. So enforcement is about using power or rules to make people obey a law or order.