If someone carries out the enforcementof an act or rule, they enforce it.
... improved driver training, and stricter enforcement of road traffic law. [+ of]
More Synonyms of enforcement
Examples of 'enforcement' in a sentence
enforcement
The watchdog began formal enforcement action as a result.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Failure to comply with an enforcement notice is a criminal offence.
Computing (2010)
The report includes tips from industry experts and law enforcement groups on how individuals and businesses can secure themselves online.
Computing (2010)
MPs said that it was better for the regulator to examine and if necessary reject such deals head-on rather than take enforcement action afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
American actors might have been wary of a film some see as a critique of US law enforcement.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Councils spent 50 million on clearing the rubbish and 17 million on enforcement action.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The struggling internet pioneer admitted that the details were stolen and said that it was'working closely with law enforcement '.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An enforcement notice was issued last March requiring the grade II listed property to be returned to its original condition.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
There have been only nine enforcement actions in the past four years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They objected and planners have issued an enforcement notice stopping him.
The Sun (2010)
It is used by law enforcement agencies within a strict framework of safeguards.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Not all parking enforcement needs to be evil.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The arrangements would change on the service of an enforcement notice.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He is appealing against the enforcement notice.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Enforcement officers are particularly alarmed by the pending changeover because the number of strays appears to be rising.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Councils can also take out an enforcement notice to make you return the building toits original condition.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The agency also claims that it denies access to companies that have breached the industry code on parking enforcement.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The council's planning committee is to meet today to discuss enforcement action.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
No law enforcement agency anywhere is looking for Madeleine.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
When he left hospital, he was given an enforcement notice for failing to control mosquito larvae.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All of the fires remain under active investigation and federal law enforcement continues to work to determine the cause of all of the fires.
Christianity Today (2000)
Doctors, health visitors and social workers are not law enforcement officers permanently and selectively attuned to discovering breaches of statute.
Langan, Mary (ed) Taking Child Abuse Seriously: Contemporary issues in child protection theory andpractice (1990)
But the EU declined to provide details of the alleged infringements or any enforcement action.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If listed building consent was necessary for the work, you can apply for retrospective consent or pay the buyer to insure against enforcement action.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The warden's parking enforcement bosses in Manchester are considering disciplinary action.
The Sun (2015)
Enforcement action under Operation Mermaid is reaping rewards.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This taskforce is actively working and it's headed by some of the most high-ranking law enforcement officers there are.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Although much of the money went towards law enforcement and anti-corruption initiatives, tens of thousands of pounds were spent on projects that some will find questionable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
enforcement
British English: enforcement NOUN
If someone carries out the enforcement of an act or rule, they enforce it.
The doctors want stricter enforcement of existing laws.
American English: enforcement
Brazilian Portuguese: cumprimento
Chinese: 执行
European Spanish: cumplimiento
French: application
German: Durchführung
Italian: applicazione
Japanese: 施行
Korean: 시행
European Portuguese: cumprimento
Latin American Spanish: cumplimiento
All related terms of 'enforcement'
law enforcement
Law-enforcement agencies or officials are responsible for catching people who break the law.
enforcement action
action by a body or organization, esp a financial one, to make sure that its rules are being followed
enforcement notice
A notice is one of a number of letters that are similar or exactly the same which an organization sends to people in order to give them information or ask them to do something.
enforcement order
an order by a court to force a person or organization to comply with a regulation or law
law enforcement agency
an organization responsible for enforcing the law, such as a police or sheriff department
law enforcement officer
an official employee who prevents and detects crime and who maintains and upholds the police , such as a police officer , sheriff , customs officer etc
1 (noun)
the adequate enforcement of the law
Synonyms
administration
Standards in the administration of justice have degenerated.
carrying out
application
With repeated application of the product, the weeds were overcome.
prosecution
execution
the unquestioning execution of his orders
implementation
the implementation of the peace agreement
reinforcement
fulfilment
I will allow no hesitation in the fulfilment of the reforms.
2 (noun)
the stricter enforcement of speed limits for vehicles
Synonyms
imposition
requirement
obligation
insistence
exaction (formal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of application
Definition
the act of applying something to a particular use
With repeated application of the product, the weeds were overcome.