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LAW ENFORCEMENT
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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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