enforcer
a person or thing that enforces.
the member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
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However, Bobek said the lead regulator is “not the sole enforcer of the GDPR in cross-border situations.”
A Facebook case in Belgium could open the floodgates for GDPR privacy suits | David Meyer | January 13, 2021 | FortuneSince the Reagan administration, government antitrust enforcers have largely viewed the Sherman Act—the government’s main legal basis for antitrust cases—through the lens of economics and market efficiency.
The Facebook and Google antitrust suits are a warning shot for all corporate giants—not just Big Tech | matthewheimer | December 10, 2020 | FortuneAntitrust enforcers could consider not just whether consumers pay higher or lower prices but whether the competitive dynamic of an industry is being controlled by one, or a handful, of players.
The Facebook and Google antitrust suits are a warning shot for all corporate giants—not just Big Tech | matthewheimer | December 10, 2020 | FortuneAs Jared Holt at Right Wing Watch told me back in 2018, “The Proud Boys have been the right wing’s enforcers in the streets against those who dissent against them.”
Jared Holt, of Right Wing Watch, told me that the group “acts as a violent pack of enforcers for the far right.”
Pinker is not a self-appointed enforcer of arbitrary rules, and he has little patience for purists, prigs, and pedants.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With | Nick Romeo | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrunch is a catalyst, brunch is the enforcer of different-rules-for-the-weekend.
Don’t Diss the Beauty of Brunch: Defending Our Favorite Meal | Tim Teeman | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou play a sweet, soft-hearted mom in the film and John C. Reilly is the strict rule-enforcer.
Molly Shannon on ‘Life After Beth,’ Turning 50, and ‘Never Been Kissed’ | Melissa Leon | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe next day, the enforcer made the girl “to ingest pills designed to induce spontaneous abortion.”
Did Christie Go Easy on a Human Trafficker Just to Bust a Small-Time Pol? | Olivia Nuzzi | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo the hordes who wanted time with Lincoln, the gruff and efficient Nicolay was the “grim enforcer.”
Grandaddy was outstanding as a law enforcer and here was a petty offender right under his nose.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyAs the system develops and our prejudices are abandoned, a method of policing must stand as an enforcer of international law.
Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association | Intercollegiate Peace AssociationStern represser of revolt, and enforcer of the law, was Gloucester himself a defaulter in these respects?
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester | K.H. VickersYet love of justice is strong, even in the strictest enforcer of discipline—when the enforcer is Anglo-Saxon.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary AntinThe late Miss Clarke has well said “to argue this point would be enforcer une porte ouverte.”
Astronomical Curiosities | J. Ellard Gore
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