They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that includes absurdity in law enforcement.
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Enforcement
//ɪnˈfɔːsm(ə)nt//
Synonyms for "enforcement" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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8 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изпълнение noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- принуда noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Dutch
1 entries- handhaving noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Esperanto
1 entries- eldevigo noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Finnish
4 entries- toimeenpano noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- toimeenpano noun (that which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied)
- täytäntöönpano noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- täytäntöönpano noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
German
4 entries- Durchsetzung noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- Durchsetzung noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- Vollstreckung noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- Vollstreckung noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Hungarian
4 entries- betartatás noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- kierőszakolás noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- kikényszerítés noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- kényszerítés noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Indonesian
1 entries- penegakan noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Italian
4 entries- applicazione noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- attuazione noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- compimento noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- esecuzione noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Macedonian
2 entries- извршување noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- извршување noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
Malay
1 entries- penguatkuasaan noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Bedwinjunk noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
Portuguese
4 entries- aplicação noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- coerção noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- cumprimento noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- execução noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Russian
4 entries- исполне́ние noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- осуществле́ние noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- правопримене́ние noun (that which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied)
- принужде́ние noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pròvedba noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- pròvedba noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- spròvođēnje noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- про̀ведба noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
Spanish
4 entries- aplicación noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
- coerción noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- compulsión noun (act of enforcing; compulsion)
- ejecución noun (giving force to; a putting in execution)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
"LGBT communities around the world are calling you a 'hero', and say that you were framed," Al-Sayib explained. "But the law enforcement agencies are all labeling you as a ruthless murderer. Which one are you, Dima?"
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It is illegal in the United States for law enforcement to use torture to get information.
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I'm in law enforcement.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.