Other Word Forms
- nonenforcement noun
- preenforcement noun
- proenforcement adjective
- superenforcement noun
Etymology
Origin of enforcement
1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French. See enforce, -ment
Example Sentences
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It confirmed it has requested the owners carry out the survey, but has no enforcement powers if they do not.
From BBC
Without observation, documentation or confirmed violations, enforcement action based on belief alone raises serious due-process concerns.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Homan defused a combustible situation by adjusting the style and substance of immigration enforcement.
Online platforms have long debated how to balance questions of privacy for their users with public safety in their decisions to alert certain users to law enforcement.
District Judge Christina A. Snyder said she was “constrained” to block the law because it included only local and federal officers, while exempting state law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times
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