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# enforcement

«enforcement» in Mova's school dictionary: **making sure that people obey a law or a rule, and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (enforcement — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Enforcement is making sure that people obey a law or a rule, and punishing those who do not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#m1)

2) (law) Law enforcement means the police and other officers whose job is to make people obey the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons and the news, enforcement explains how laws work: speed cameras, parking wardens and the police enforce rules. Phrases: «law enforcement», «enforcement officer», «strict enforcement», «enforcement of the rules».

### examples

- Law enforcement officers arrived at the scene. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#x1)
- Speed cameras help with the enforcement of speed limits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#x2)
- The new rule needs proper enforcement, or nobody will follow it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#x3)
- Enforcement of the school phone ban is the teachers' job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#x4)
- The council is strict about the enforcement of parking rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#x5)
- Without enforcement, a law is just words on paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. From the verb «enforce» (enforce a law). «Law enforcement» is common in American English for the police. Spelling: en-force-ment.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enforcement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enforcement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.