enforce
verb (used with object)
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to.
well-enforced
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a word derived from
enforce.
Example Sentences
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Subject to well-enforced laws and vigorous regulation, more success typically results in more jobs and investment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
Employee training and codes of conduct are critical, as are strong procedures for reporting incidents and well-enforced consequences for violations.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2017
“Strong, well-enforced trade rules help to promote competition and to reassure citizens that international trade is evenhanded.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2017
The pattern of staying close to one area means that well-enforced protected areas can not only help reef sharks , which tend to stay in one place, but also some big ocean-going sharks.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 20, 2013
This same personal tapu would even hold its own in some cases against the muru, though not in a sufficiently general manner to seriously affect the operation of that well-enforced law.
From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by A Pakeha Maori
