law and order
- strict control of crime and repression of violence, sometimes involving the possible restriction of civil rights.
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
law-and-order
- (modifier) favouring or advocating strong measures to suppress crime and violencea law-and-order candidate
Idioms and Phrases with law-and-order
law and order
Strict enforcement of laws, especially for controlling crime. For example, Our candidate is always talking about law and order. The concept behind this term was stated by Aristotle. Today, however, it also carries the implication of infringing on civil rights in the course of too arduous law enforcement. [Late 1500s]