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The task of ensuring obedience to the law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Law enforcement is the duty of police, sheriffs and other government officials.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Another news report of law enforcement being corrupted–when does this end?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
ensuring obedience to the laws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enforcement
Narrower terms: vigilantism
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
compliment de la llei
— ensuring obedience to law
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Catalan:
aplicació de la llei
— ensuring obedience to law
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Chinese Mandarin:
執法 /执法
(zhífǎ)
— ensuring obedience to law
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Finnish:
lain toimeenpano
— ensuring obedience to law
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Finnish:
lainvalvonta
— ensuring obedience to law
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French:
application de la loi
— ensuring obedience to law
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Galician:
cumprimento da lei
— ensuring obedience to law
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Galician:
aplicación da lei
— ensuring obedience to law
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Georgian:
სამართალდაცვა
(samartaldacva)
— ensuring obedience to law
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German:
Rechtsdurchsetzung
— ensuring obedience to law
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German:
Gesetzesvollzug
— ensuring obedience to law
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German:
Gesetzesvollstreckung
— ensuring obedience to law
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Greek:
επιβολή του νόμου
(epivolí tou nómou)
— ensuring obedience to law
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Hungarian:
rendfenntartás
— ensuring obedience to law
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Hungarian:
bűnüldözés
— ensuring obedience to law
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Hungarian:
törvények betartatása
— ensuring obedience to law
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Hungarian:
büntetés-végrehajtás
— ensuring obedience to law
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Indonesian:
penegakan hukum
— ensuring obedience to law
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Malay:
penguatkuasaan undang-undang
— ensuring obedience to law
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Polish:
egzekwowanie prawa
— ensuring obedience to law
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Portuguese:
aplicação da lei
— ensuring obedience to law
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Portuguese:
cumprimento da lei
— ensuring obedience to law
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Romanian:
aplicare a legii
— ensuring obedience to law
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Russian:
правопримене́ние
(pravoprimenénije)
— ensuring obedience to law
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Spanish:
cumplimiento de la ley
— ensuring obedience to law
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Spanish:
aplicación de la ley
— ensuring obedience to law
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Spanish:
enforzamiento legal
— ensuring obedience to law
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Armenian:
իրավապահ մարմիններ
(iravapah marminner)
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Azerbaijani:
hüquq-mühafizə orqanları
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Chinese Mandarin:
執法部門 /执法部门
(zhífǎ bùmén)
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Finnish:
toimeenpanoviranomainen
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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French:
forces de l'ordre
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Georgian:
კანონის გამტარებელი ორგანო
(ḳanonis gamṭarebeli organo)
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Georgian:
სამართალდამცავი ორგანო
(samartaldamcavi organo)
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Georgian:
სამართალდამცავი ხელისუფლება
(samartaldamcavi xelisupleba)
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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German:
Strafverfolgung
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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German:
Gesetzesvollzug
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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German:
Ordnungskräfte
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Hungarian:
rendfenntartó szerv
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Hungarian:
bűnüldöző szerv
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Hungarian:
rendőri erők
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Hungarian:
rendőrség
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Indonesian:
penegakan hukum
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Italian:
forze dell'ordine
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Malay:
penguatkuasaan undang-undang
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Polish:
służby porządkowe
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Portuguese:
segurança
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Romanian:
organ juridic
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Romanian:
autoritate juridică
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Russian:
правоохрани́тельные о́рганы
(pravooxranítelʹnyje órgany)
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Spanish:
fuerzas del orden
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Spanish:
cuerpos policiales
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Spanish:
cuerpos policíacos
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Spanish:
cuerpos policiacos
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
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Ukrainian:
правоохоро́нні о́ргани
(pravooxorónni órhany)
— various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals