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nounthe act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience totype of:
Definition that contains enforcement
- order (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
- justice the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
- sheriff the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
- fed any federal law-enforcement officer
- federal any federal law-enforcement officer
- tooth a means of enforcement
- fbi a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
- bop the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
- marshals the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system
- atf the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson