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enforcement

[en-fawrs-muhnt, -fohrs-]

noun

  1. the act or process of enforcing.

  2. something that enforces.



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Other Word Forms

  • nonenforcement noun
  • preenforcement noun
  • proenforcement adjective
  • superenforcement noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of enforcement1

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French. See enforce, -ment
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The encounter with Gavidia and others they are tracking have raised legal questions about enforcement efforts that have swept up hundreds of immigrants and shot fear into the deeply intertwined communities they call home.

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This time, cities that barred municipal resources and personnel from being used for immigration enforcement — or sanctuary cities — would be targeted.

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Late last year, law enforcement ran the prints of an unidentified female patient who had been involved in a police incident.

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Earlier this year, he is said to have met with US law enforcement at least three times in Lebanon.

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One of the larger crowds was in Los Angeles where leaders and law enforcement have been on high alert during days of protests, sometimes violent, against a series of deportation raids.

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