(~s, enforcing, ~d)
1.
If people in authority ~ 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 ~d the ban with regard to American ships...
VERB: V n
2.
To ~ 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 ~d absence.
VERB: V n, V-ed