Meanings
nounlaw enforcement (uncountable)
- uncountableThe various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.
Another news report of law enforcement being corrupted–when does this end?
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“You are the ones impacted by the executive orders … there was and remains a huge law enforcement presence in the district,′ Shroff said.
2025 November 6, Dan Mangan, quoting Sabrina Shroff, “DC sandwich thrower Sean Dunn found not guilty of assaulting federal agent”, in CNBC
Origin
Translations
Catalan compliment de la llei, aplicació de la llei
- compliment de la lleiensuring obedience to law
- aplicació de la lleiensuring obedience to law
Chinese Mandarin 執法 /执法, 執法部門 /执法部门
- 執法 /执法 (zhífǎ)ensuring obedience to law
- 執法部門 /执法部门 (zhífǎ bùmén)various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Finnish lain toimeenpano, lainvalvonta
- lain toimeenpanoensuring obedience to law
- lainvalvontaensuring obedience to law
- toimeenpanoviranomainenvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
French application de la loi, forces de l'ordre
- application de la loiensuring obedience to law
- forces de l'ordrevarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
German Rechtsdurchsetzung, Gesetzesvollzug
- Rechtsdurchsetzungensuring obedience to law
- Gesetzesvollzugensuring obedience to law
- Gesetzesvollstreckungensuring obedience to law
- Strafverfolgungvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
- Gesetzesvollzugvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
- Ordnungskräftevarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Greek επιβολή του νόμου
- επιβολή του νόμου (epivolí tou nómou)ensuring obedience to law
Hungarian rendfenntartás, bűnüldözés
- rendfenntartásensuring obedience to law
- bűnüldözésensuring obedience to law
- törvények betartatásaensuring obedience to law
- büntetés-végrehajtásensuring obedience to law
- rendfenntartó szervvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
- bűnüldöző szervvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
- rendőri erőkvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
- rendőrségvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Indonesian penegakan hukum, penegakan hukum
- penegakan hukumensuring obedience to law
- penegakan hukumvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Italian forze dell'ordine
- forze dell'ordinevarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Malay penguatkuasaan undang-undang, penguatkuasaan undang-undang
- penguatkuasaan undang-undangensuring obedience to law
- penguatkuasaan undang-undangvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Polish egzekwowanie prawa, służby porządkowe
- egzekwowanie prawaensuring obedience to law
- służby porządkowevarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Portuguese aplicação da lei, cumprimento da lei
- aplicação da leiensuring obedience to law
- cumprimento da leiensuring obedience to law
- segurançavarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Romanian aplicare a legii, organ juridic
- aplicare a legiiensuring obedience to law
- organ juridicvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
- autoritate juridicăvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Russian правопримене́ние, правоохрани́тельные о́рганы
- правопримене́ние (pravoprimenénije)ensuring obedience to law
- правоохрани́тельные о́рганы (pravooxranítelʹnyje órgany)various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Spanish cumplimiento de la ley, aplicación de la ley
- cumplimiento de la leyensuring obedience to law
- aplicación de la leyensuring obedience to law
- enforzamiento legalensuring obedience to law
- agencias/fuerzas del ordenvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
- cuerpos/órganos policiales/policíacos/policiacosvarious government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Ukrainian правоохоро́нні о́ргани
- правоохоро́нні о́ргани (pravooxorónni órhany)various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals
Cite this entry
APA
law enforcement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/law%20enforcement
MLA
“law enforcement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/law%20enforcement. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “law enforcement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/law%20enforcement.
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