law and order
noun
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Origin of law and order
Examples from the Web for law-and-order
Contemporary Examples of law-and-order
The government is split between libertarians and the law-and-order Conservatives.
Indeed, law-and-order authorities found themselves with little to do.
In recent weeks Libyan officials, when faced by law-and-order challenges, have reflexively blamed former Gaddafi officials.
After Death of Christopher Stevens, Libyan President Offers CondolencesJamie Dettmer
September 12, 2012
Blanchard attributes the incarceration rate to a law-and-order mentality that criminalizing something prevents it from happening.
Is he a crunchy Cambridge social servant or a law-and-order Beantown cop?
Historical Examples of law-and-order
The law-and-order party was preparing to make a clean-up of the desperadoes.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
Evidently he had been briefed on the law-and-order situation in Port Sandor.
Four-Day PlanetHenry Beam Piper
He was a good-looking kid; only he was like all them tenderfoots—he didn't know a law-and-order town when he saw it.
Sixes and SevensO. Henry
I set apart with my eye the one I opinionated to be the boss muck-raker of this law-and-order cavalry.
OptionsO. Henry
I don't blame Weary; he's looking out for the law-and-order business—and that's all right.
Flying U RanchB. M. Bower