ENFORCE


Meaning of ENFORCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnfɔ:(r)s ]

( enforces, enforcing, enforced)

1.

If people in authority enforce a law or a rule, they make sure that it is obeyed, usually by punishing people who do not obey it.

Until now, the government has only enforced the ban with regard to American ships...

VERB : V n

2.

To enforce something means to force or cause it to be done or to happen.

They struggled to limit the cost by enforcing a low-tech specification...

David is now living in Beirut again after an enforced absence.

VERB : V n , V-ed

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