LAW ENFORCEMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ensuring obedience to the laws

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("law enforcement" is a kind of...):

enforcement (the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "law enforcement"):

vigilantism (the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws)

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