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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
enforcement
/ɛnˈfɔːsmənt/
noun
the act or process of making sure that rules are followed
- “The government will adopt enforcement measures to solve this problem.”Tatoeba
- “The payments were blocked just in time by law enforcement officials.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))