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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enforcement \En*force"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.] The act of enforcing; compulsion. He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. --Sir W. Raleigh. Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of enforcing; insuring observance of or obedience to

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "constraint, compulsion," from Old French enforcement "strengthening, fortification; rape; compulsion, coercion;" from enforcier ; see enforce + -ment . Meaning "compelling of obedience to a law, etc." is from 1680s.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES law enforcement agent law enforcement ▪ law enforcement agencies COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE effective ▪ Arguments of this kind can provide effective defences to enforcement proceedings. federal ▪ Law enforcement ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Enforcement is the processing of set schedules via dispatching to execution. The latency of any type of human work force to escape under avert conditions from set demand for fulfilment with parameters of punctuality , performance and quality is compensated ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of enforce; compulsion. 2 A giving force to; a putting in execution. 3 That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

Usage examples of enforcement.

One biker calls law enforcement agencies around the country and says he is a police officer riding undercover with an outlaw motorcycle gang.

The ancient had then used law enforcement to track them down, something Cade damn well should have foreseen.

The latter interpretation, however, does not state a limitation on the power of making treaties in the sense of international conventions, but rather a necessary procedure before certain conventions are cognizable by the courts in the enforcement of rights under them, while the former interpretation has been contradicted in practice from the outset.

Law enforcement investigators note that solution rates may be misleading and should be scrutinized closely, since some crimes reported as unsolved are, in fact, solved after the figures have been reported.

While studies explaining why certain individuals commit violent crimes may aid them in their search, law enforcement investigators must adapt study findings to suit their own particular needs.

The NCAVC collects and analyzes violent crime data and provides assistance to law enforcement agencies in their attempts to identify, locate, apprehend, prosecute, and incarcerate the persons responsible for these and other violent crimes and to develop new programs for the prevention of violent crime victimization.

The goal of VICAP is to provide all law enforcement agencies reporting similar pattern violent crimes with the information necessary to initiate a coordinated multiagency investigation which will lead to the expeditious identification and apprehension of the offender responsible for the crimes.

Thus in World War I the State of New York enacted a statute which, declaring that a public emergency existed, forbade the enforcement of covenants for the surrender of the possession of premises on the expiration of leases, and wholly deprived for a period owners of dwellings, including apartment and tenement houses, within the City of New York and contiguous counties of possessory remedies for the eviction from their premises of tenants in possession when the law took effect, providing the latter were able and willing to pay a reasonable rent.

Congress resumed its earlier practice of vesting concurrently the enforcement of federally created rights in the State and federal courts.

The specialty appeared to be staffed by geologists who loved puzzles and had advanced degrees, with concentrations in geochemistry and sedimentology, and minors in law enforcement.

Silver Gulch was little enough that John Snow could always take a few minutes from law enforcement to join them.

If the tool satchel were ever discovered by Thelma Kibble or any other law enforcement officer, Cassie would have a degree of deniability that might keep her out of lockdown.

New York for the past three days presenting her kinesics seminar to local law enforcement agencies.

The Qeng Ho localizers were an almost magical improvement over previous standards of law enforcement.

If time and law enforcement resources were to be expended on the identity of the author or authors of the communications, emphasis should have been placed on the Lusk letter.